18 Princess Drive, Sandbach, CW11 1BS
About 18 Princess Drive
18 Princess Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Sandbach (CW11 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 417 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2006–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 is 44.4% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 79.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
18 Princess Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Jul 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 Princess Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
18 Princess Drive saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£205,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 4 years.
£142,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
12 November 2010Most recent
£142,000
7 June 2007
£141,750
+22.2%over 11 months13 July 2006
£116,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW11 1BS: £175,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in CW11 1BS
Everything we know about 18 Princess Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Princess Drive homes
Price per m² for 18 Princess Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,669
Street avg £2,360
Floor Area
39 m²
Street avg 67 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Princess Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College. 8 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB