17 Rookery Close, Ettiley Heath, Sandbach, CW11 3NJ

17 Rookery Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Ettiley Heath, Sandbach, Sandbach (CW11 3NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £376,000 sits 318% above the 1997 sale of £89,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 61.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 138 m² it's 16% larger than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 15 EPCs).