High Trees, Holmes Chapel Road, Lach Dennis, Northwich, CW9 7SZ

High Trees is a detached house in Lach Dennis, Northwich, Northwich (CW9 7SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 53.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 109 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £425,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.