5 Maple Close, Brereton, Sandbach, CW11 1SQ

5 Maple Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brereton, Sandbach, Sandbach (CW11 1SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2018. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 87 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 is 41.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 51.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £185,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.