Lilac Cottage, Stringers Lane, Rossett, Wrexham, LL12 0AP

Lilac Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Rossett, Wrexham, Wrexham (LL12 0AP). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 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. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 sits 431.8% above the 1997 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 75.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.