Beech Farm, Holmes Chapel Road, Davenport, Congleton, CW12 4SS

Beech Farm is a five-bedroom detached house in Davenport, Congleton, Congleton (CW12 4SS). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2023); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since January 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 11 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. Across 1996–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,005,000 sits 187.1% above the 1999 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 27.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.