Northfield Cottage, Hodge Lane, Gorstage, Northwich, CW8 2SE

Northfield Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Gorstage, Northwich, Northwich (CW8 2SE). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £944,000 is 12.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£398/sq ft) was about 108.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £840,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.