Furnival Cottage, Chester Road, Acton, Nantwich, CW5 8LD

Furnival Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Acton, Nantwich, Nantwich (CW5 8LD). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 is 18.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 19% below the postcode norm. Sold February 2021 for £380,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.