The Mousetrap, Giantswood Lane, Hulme Walfield, Congleton, CW12 2JJ
About The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap is a detached house in Hulme Walfield, Congleton, Congleton (CW12 2JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 403 m² (around 4338 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2025. The latest certificate (June 2025) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on oil: heating oil.
At 403 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Mousetrap ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2020FullIn report
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on application 15/1158C- Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on application 14/0796C- Construction of new purpose built sustainable Cattery & new sustainable dwelling together with the demolition of the two existing Cattery buildings.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/1552C
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The Mousetrap has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,085,000
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 4 sales in CW12 2JJ: £957,500 (2024–2020).
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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 Giantswood Lane homes
The Mousetrap outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
85 (B)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
403 m²
Street avg 119 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
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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
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Viking Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB