Birch House, Sound Heath, Sound, Nantwich, CW5 8BU
About Birch House
Birch House is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sound, Nantwich, Nantwich (CW5 8BU). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £346,000 is 10.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£329/sq ft) was about 84.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £312,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- DrivewayYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Birch House has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Birch House
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£346,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£312,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 August 2022Most recent
£312,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW5 8BU: £362,500 (2024–2014).
Nearby sales in CW5 8BU
1 Chapel Cottages, Sound Heath, Sound, Nantwich, CW5 8BU
Sold Nov 2024
£555,0004 Council Houses, Sound Heath, Sound, Nantwich, CW5 8BU
Sold Oct 2015
£152,000Chapelside, Sound Heath, Sound, Nantwich, CW5 8BU
Sold Jun 2014
£185,000East View, Bevan, Sound Heath, Sound, Nantwich, CW5 8BU
Sold Jan 2014
£295,0002 Chapel Cottages, Sound Heath, Sound, Nantwich, CW5 8BU
Sold Nov 2011
£250,000
Everything we know about Birch House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Sound Heath homes
Price per m² for Birch House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,545
Street avg £2,224
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 152 m²
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Sound Heath — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Sound and District Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB