Dove Cottage, Church Road, Dodleston, Chester, CH4 9NG

Dove Cottage is a semi-detached house in Dodleston, Chester, Chester (CH4 9NG). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1618 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 sits 61.5% above the 2011 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 23.5% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in August 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years.