Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedAre you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedRiverside Cottage is a detached house in Eccleston, Chester, Chester (CH4 9HT). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).
Riverside Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Riverside Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Riverside Cottage is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 241 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 9.2 t/year
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
49.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Switched from oil to mains gas, reducing emissions and costs
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Are we missing something? Tell us about home improvements to help adjust your valuation.
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CH4 9PB
Eccleston Terminus — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Eccleston CofE Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB