2 Crown Cottages, Chester Road, Oakmere, Northwich, CW8 2HB

2 Crown Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Oakmere, Northwich, Northwich (CW8 2HB). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Held since May 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £201,000 sits 332.3% above the 1996 sale of £46,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 70.2% below the postcode norm. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).