52a, Chester Road West, Shotton, Deeside, CH5 1BY

52a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Shotton, Deeside, Deeside (CH5 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 48), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 49 m² this is the 9th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–87 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (10 versus a best of 84).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £105,000 sits 156.1% above the 2017 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 58.3% below the postcode norm. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.