Garden Cottages, 1c, Boundary Lane, Saltney, Chester, CH4 8LN
About Garden Cottages
Garden Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Saltney, Chester, Chester (CH4 8LN). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in November 2002. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 sits 128.4% above the 2002 sale of £77,500. At 59 m² it's 25.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 22 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Floor insulation added or improved
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Planning history
Garden Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Garden Cottages's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£177,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 6 years.
£77,500
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
22 November 2002Most recent
£77,500
+59.8%over 5 years20 December 1996
£48,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH4 8LN: £160,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CH4 8LN
17 Boundary Lane, Saltney, Chester, CH4 8LN
Sold Jan 2024
£150,00030 Boundary Lane, Saltney, Chester, CH4 8LN
Sold Nov 2023
£265,00021 Boundary Lane, Saltney, Chester, CH4 8LN
Sold Feb 2023
£123,50056 Boundary Lane, Saltney, Chester, CH4 8LN
Sold May 2022
£160,00058 Boundary Lane, Saltney, Chester, CH4 8LN
Sold Nov 2021
£180,000
Versus other Boundary Lane homes
Garden Cottages outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,314
Street avg £1,734
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Douglas Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Clare's Catholic Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB