38b, Chester Road East, Shotton, Deeside, CH5 1QA

38b is a semi-detached house in Shotton, Deeside, Deeside (CH5 1QA). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2020. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). At 34 m² this is the 5th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–165 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 20 units on file.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 250.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (60 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £115,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.