3 Osborne Close, Ettiley Heath, Sandbach, CW11 3ZE

3 Osborne Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Ettiley Heath, Sandbach, Sandbach (CW11 3ZE). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 91 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 sits 240.5% above the 1999 sale of £79,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 35.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2000. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.