4 Astbury Lane Ends, Congleton, CW12 3AY

4 Astbury Lane Ends is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Congleton (CW12 3AY). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Sold August 2022 for £152,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £197,000 is 29.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 21.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 69 m² it's 27.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 43 EPCs).