4 Hope Street, Sandbach, CW11 1BA

4 Hope Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sandbach (CW11 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.

Held since October 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 sits 75.3% above the 2006 sale of £89,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£140/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (133 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.