Garden Cottage, Chester Road, Buckley, CH7 3AE
About Garden Cottage
Garden Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Buckley (CH7 3AE). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2024 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2025) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in August 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good.
At 75 m² it's 19.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 40.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 59.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £121,200 in April 2019.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Central heatingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Garden Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Switched from oil to mains gas, reducing emissions and costs
Hot water efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Garden Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Garden Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£170,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 21 years.
£121,200
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
11 April 2019Most recent
£121,200
-6.7%over 14 years10 October 2004
£129,950
+348.1%over 6 years17 August 1998
£29,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH7 3AE: £80,000 (2024–2017).
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Versus other Chester Road homes
EPC Rating for Garden Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,616
Street avg £1,300
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 76 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.5 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Years Held
7 years
Street avg 13 years
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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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