3 Birch Ridge, Flint, CH6 5YR

3 Birch Ridge is a five-bedroom detached house in Flint (CH6 5YR). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £277,000 sits 191.6% above the 2002 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 48.3% below the postcode norm.