5 Grosvenor Cottages, Browns Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JU
About 5 Grosvenor Cottages
5 Grosvenor Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Handbridge, Chester, Chester (CH4 7JU). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Today's modelled estimate of £273,000 is 27% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 122.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2019 at £215,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 5 Grosvenor Cottages, Browns Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JU
- Oct 2003OutbuildingOutcome in report
Doorway through outbuilding to allow access to garden
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 03/01575/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
5 Grosvenor Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£273,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£215,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 October 2019Most recent
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH4 7JU: £214,500 (2017–2006).
Nearby sales in CH4 7JU
11 Browns Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JU
Sold Mar 2017
£300,0005 Browns Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JU
Sold Jul 2016
£186,0004 Browns Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JU
Sold Sept 2007
£214,5001 Grosvenor Cottages, Browns Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JU
Sold Aug 2006
£125,0006 Grosvenor Cottages, Browns Lane, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JU
Sold Nov 2003
£129,950
Versus other Browns Lane homes
On years held, 5 Grosvenor Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,388
Street avg £2,552
Floor Area
49 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Brown's Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Overleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.6dB