17 Bowden Close, Congleton, CW12 4PQ

17 Bowden Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Congleton (CW12 4PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a G (score 9), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 103 m² it's 27.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 sits 74.7% above the 2015 sale of £142,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 42.7% below the postcode norm. 11 years since the last transfer (March 2015).