4 Vale Royal Drive, Whitegate, Northwich, CW8 2BA

4 Vale Royal Drive is a semi-detached house in Whitegate, Northwich, Northwich (CW8 2BA). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil. At 74 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 69–361 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 20 units on file.

At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (138 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £250,000 is 35.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £185,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.