42 Mill Lane, Buckley, CH7 3HB

42 Mill Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Buckley (CH7 3HB). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £189,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 is 16.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 15% above the typical sold price in the postcode.