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Get started2 Cottage Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Chester (CH4 7QB). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £423,000 is 30.2% above the 2017 sale price. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in December 2017.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
2 Cottage Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
Two storey front and single storey rear extension.
2 Cottage Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£423,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 14 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 14 years.
On price per m², 2 Cottage Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,826
Street avg £3,323
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
50.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
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7 December 2017Most recent
£325,000
+85.7%over 14 years24 October 2003
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH4 7QB: £342,000 (2024–2015).
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
CH4 7RJ
Ash Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Belgrave Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB
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