11 Edgar Place, Handbridge, Chester, CH4 7JY

11 Edgar Place is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Handbridge, Chester, Chester (CH4 7JY). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 49 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 74). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since February 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 49 m² it's 22.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 134.9% above the 2002 sale of £54,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£103/sq ft) was about 53.3% below the postcode norm.