Chestnut Cottage, Pen Y Lan, Ruabon, Wrexham, LL14 6HW

Chestnut Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ruabon, Wrexham, Wrexham (LL14 6HW). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since March 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 sits 102.4% above the 2009 sale of £82,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 53.4% below the postcode norm. At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).