7 Cottage Road, Chester, CH4 7QB
About 7 Cottage Road
7 Cottage Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Chester (CH4 7QB). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1027 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2011) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from December 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in October 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. At 95 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (115 m² median across 7 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £413,000 is 38.1% above the 2015 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
7 Cottage Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Dec 2021
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side and rear extension at 7 Cottage Road.
2 applications on record at 7 Cottage Road, Chester, CH4 7QB
- Mar 2018ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Two storey side and rear extension
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00249/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ApplicationJun 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
7 Cottage Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£413,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£299,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 October 2015Most recent
£299,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH4 7QB: £342,000 (2024–2015).
Versus other Cottage Road homes
7 Cottage Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,135
Street avg £3,261
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Ash Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Belgrave Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB







