Jahanara Bhavan, Brereton Heath Lane, Brereton Heath, Congleton, CW12 4SZ

Jahanara Bhavan is a detached house in Brereton Heath, Congleton, Congleton (CW12 4SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Held since August 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 100 m² it sits well below the postcode median (148 m² across 20 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. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 sits 168.4% above the 1998 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£177/sq ft) was about 29.8% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.