173 Chester Road, Northwich, CW8 4AG
About 173 Chester Road
173 Chester Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northwich (CW8 4AG). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90).
At 46 m² it's 20.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 is 25.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 69.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £101,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Heating systemGas
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
173 Chester Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
173 Chester Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2022ExtensionIn report
Extension: Front of property
The construction of a flat-roofed box bay window to the ground floor front elevation to replace an existing window.
New Windows- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01901/FUL
- Apr 2022ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00851/HHE
What's in 173 Chester Road, Northwich, CW8 4AG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
173 Chester Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£127,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.7% per year over 25 years.
£101,000
Growth on file: 10.7% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
29 November 2021Most recent
£101,000
+1162.5%over 24 years24 January 1997
£8,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW8 4AG: £129,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CW8 4AG
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Versus other Chester Road homes
Floor Area for 173 Chester Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,196
Street avg £1,734
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Greenbank Hotel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB