Silk Mills, Flat 5, Stonehouse Green, Congleton, CW12 1FR

Silk Mills is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Congleton (CW12 1FR). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 60 m² this is the 8th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in Silk Mills, where floor areas span 48–92 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 82). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 is 21.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£220/sq ft) was about 28.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £142,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.