What type of property is 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW is a semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW last sold for £205,000 in September 2022, around 4 years ago. Before that, it sold for £55,500 in May 1997, so prices have been rising over 25 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

Across 2 sales between May 1997 and September 2022, 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW rose from £55,500 to £205,000, a change of £149,500. That works out to roughly +5.3% per year compounded over 25 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

The current EPC rating for 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW is E with a score of 43 out of 100, lodged in March 2022. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (904 sq ft). That makes it about 9% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in CW8 1BW. Source: EPC Register.

How is 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW heated?

The latest EPC at 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW records electricity as the main heating fuel. It is also flagged as connected to mains gas. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW is in council tax band C.

Where is 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW located?

18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW sits in Northwich. It falls within the CW8 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

Police records around 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW show an average of 3 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 59% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

The closest primary school to 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW is Charles Darwin Community Primary School (199m), one of 12 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College (626m), with 5 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW?

The closest bus stop to 18 Lee Drive, CW8 1BW is Lee Drive, 90m away. The nearest rail option is Greenbank Rail Station, 706m away.

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18 Lee Drive, Northwich, CW8 1BW

Property type

Semi-detached

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

84 m²

904 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 43

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 18 Lee Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

18 Lee Drive is a semi-detached house in Northwich (CW8 1BW). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £236,000 is 15.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 43.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £205,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

E43

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

4.6 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 18 Lee Drive, Northwich, CW8 1BW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

18 Lee Drive has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

2applications of note in the surrounding area

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

18 Lee Drive has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£236,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 25 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£205,000

Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

29 September 2022Most recent
£205,000
+269.4%over 25 years
28 May 1997
£55,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CW8 1BW: £170,000 (2024–2022).

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Versus other Lee Drive homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for 18 Lee Drive lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,440

Street avg £1,935

Strongly above

Floor Area

84 m²

Street avg 83 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

4.6 t/year

Street avg 3.9 t/year

Strongly below

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Northwich district page.

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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Lee Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Charles Darwin Community Primary School. 17 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CW8 1BW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.8dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CW8 1BW

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.1dB

Low

55 dB

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65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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