Ivy Cottage Farm, Reynolds Lane, Sandbach, CW11 4SU
About Ivy Cottage Farm
Ivy Cottage Farm is a semi-detached house in Sandbach (CW11 4SU). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 123 m² it sits well below the postcode median (177 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Ivy Cottage Farm sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Nov 2024OutbuildingFullIn report
Installation of a home studio to be use for home working, in the rear garden.
- Reference
- 24/4665/HOUS
- Jun 2024OutbuildingFullIn report
Installation of a home studio to be use for home working, on land adjacent to Ivy House. The office is to be situated on land currently not utilized. The studio is required to provide a space external to a busy family home to allow the resident singing teacher to record backing tracks and online content for her students without interruption. The office is to be built using ground screw foundations to protect the root structure of the existing tree to adjacent to the site. All existing walls, hedges and trees will be retained.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/2185C
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Ivy Cottage Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£431,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW11 4SU: £555,000 (2023–2008).
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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
Versus other Reynolds Lane homes
EPC Rating for Ivy Cottage Farm lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
35 (F)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 202 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
0.8 km
Sandbach Services Coach Stop — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St John's CofE Academy. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB