1 Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE
About 1 Chester Road
1 Chester Road is a detached house in Buckley (CH7 3AE). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 sits 231.4% above the 2021 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 35.5% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold December 2021 for £70,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Chester Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a porch application was refused at 1 Chester Road in 2023.
- Jan 2025SubdivisionFullIn report
Proposed Conversion, Extension and Refurbishment of the Former Butchers Shop and Abattoir to form 4No. 1 Bed apartments at 1, Chester Road, Buckley
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- FUL/000625/24
- Jan 2024SubdivisionAmendmentIn report
Conversion of one existing detached dwelling into 2 no. semi detached dwellings
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- COU/000899/23
What's in 1 Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Chester Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2021).
£232,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£70,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 December 2021Most recent
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH7 3AE: £94,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in CH7 3AE
The Bungalow, Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE
Sold Nov 2024
£210,000Kalutra, Flat 1, Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE
Sold Dec 2021
£80,000Garden Cottage, Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE
Sold Apr 2019
£121,20017 Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE
Sold Nov 2012
£110,00023 Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE
Sold Jan 2012
£64,000
Everything we know about 1 Chester Road, in one report
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Versus other Chester Road homes
1 Chester Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£778
Street avg £1,440
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
All Saints Church — bus stop.
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