2 Basin End Cottages, Chester Road, Acton, Nantwich, CW5 8LA
About 2 Basin End Cottages
2 Basin End Cottages is a detached house in Acton, Nantwich, Nantwich (CW5 8LA). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 89 m² it sits well below the postcode median (174 m² across 5 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. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
2 Basin End Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Basin End Cottages has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Nov 2004RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for Internal and Structural Works
Listed- Reference
- P04/1451
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Basin End Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£325,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW5 8LA: £1,100,000 (2023–2007).
Nearby sales in CW5 8LA
White Lodge, Chester Road, Acton, Nantwich, CW5 8LA
Sold Jun 2023
£1,100,000Henhull Cottage, Chester Road, Acton, Nantwich, CW5 8LA
Sold Sept 2021
£1,185,000The Stables, Chester Road, Acton, Nantwich, CW5 8LA
Sold Sept 2021
£1,185,0001 Basin End Cottages, Chester Road, Acton, Nantwich, CW5 8LA
Sold Mar 2011
£160,000
Everything we know about 2 Basin End Cottages, 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 Chester Road homes
EPC Rating for 2 Basin End Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
20 (G)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 190 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 9.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
Basin End — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Malbank School and Sixth Form College. 10 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
46.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB