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Get started23 Appleyards Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Handbridge, Chester, Chester (CH4 7DR). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 29.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 24.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 114 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2019 at £280,000.
23 Appleyards Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
23 Appleyards Lane has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension, removal of chimney and additional roof lights to rear
23 Appleyards Lane has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
£363,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 18 years.
£280,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 18 years.
EPC Rating for 23 Appleyards Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,456
Street avg £2,338
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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5 September 2019Most recent
£280,000
+214.6%over 18 years11 April 2001
£89,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH4 7DR: £233,500 (2024–2016).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
CH4 7HG
Appleyards Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Queen's Park High School. 19 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB
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