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Get startedFairfield Cottage is a detached house in Great Budworth, Northwich, Northwich (CW9 6HB). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2583 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,011,000 is 24% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 20.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 16 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014.
Fairfield Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A recent planning application at Fairfield Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
Erection of a single storey building to house a swimming pool, changing room, sauna and plant room
Fairfield Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,011,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 4 years.
£815,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 4 years.
On epc rating, Fairfield Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
240 m²
Street avg 177 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Erection of a single storey building to house a swimming pool, changing room, sauna and plant room
14 more applications for this property
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16 October 2014Most recent
£815,000
+17.3%over 3 years11 March 2011
£695,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW9 6HB: £600,000 (2020–1998).
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Sold Jul 1998
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Sold Jul 1998
The Coach House Warrington Road Great Budworth Northwich
Sold Dec 1996
Street avg 9.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CW9 6PA
Cock O'Budworth — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Great Budworth CofE Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB
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