The Woodlands, Knutsford Road, Chelford, Macclesfield, SK11 9AS

The Woodlands is a five-bedroom detached house in Chelford, Macclesfield, Macclesfield (SK11 9AS). It has a recorded floor area of 613 m² (around 6598 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,973,000 is 45.9% below the 2022 sale of £3,650,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£553/sq ft) was about 173.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 613 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £3,650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.