Hilltop Cottage, Wood Lane, Bradwall, Sandbach, CW11 1PA
About Hilltop Cottage
Hilltop Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Bradwall, Sandbach, Sandbach (CW11 1PA). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 112), a 6-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 is 33.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 45.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2019 for £330,000.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Hilltop Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Hilltop Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Dec 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/1804C
- Jan 2021Demolition And RebuildConditionsIn report
Variation of Condition 2 on approval 20/1471C for demolition of existing dwelling and erect replacement dwelling with alterations to the existing vehicular access
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/5464C
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£440,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.1% per year over 2 years.
£330,000
Growth on file: 0.1% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
10 June 2019Most recent
£330,000
7 March 2017
£328,888
Median price across the last 4 sales in CW11 1PA: £455,500 (2022–2001).
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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
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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
0.9 km
Pillar Box Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Elworth Hall Primary School. 7 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
43.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB