2 Chapel Cottages, Sound Heath, Sound, Nantwich, CW5 8BU

2 Chapel Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sound, Nantwich, Nantwich (CW5 8BU). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 sits 85.2% above the 2011 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 15.6% below the postcode norm. 15 years since the last transfer (November 2011). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.