2 Ash Cottages, Mill Lane, Snelson, Macclesfield, SK11 9BN
About 2 Ash Cottages
2 Ash Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Snelson, Macclesfield, Macclesfield (SK11 9BN). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (152 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £661,000 is 11.1% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£542/sq ft) was about 96.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2024 at £595,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
2 Ash Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Demolition of existing garage. Erection of new two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/4597M
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Sales history & valuation
2 Ash Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£661,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 4 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
7 October 2024Most recent
£595,000
+11.2%over 4 years24 September 2020
£535,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK11 9BN: £675,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in SK11 9BN
Meadowside, Mill Lane, Snelson, Macclesfield, SK11 9BN
Sold Jul 2025
£600,000Thorn Cottage, Mill Lane, Snelson, Macclesfield, SK11 9BN
Sold Nov 2024
£1,061,250Silver Birches, Mill Lane, Snelson, Macclesfield, SK11 9BN
Sold Jan 2024
£942,5004 Ash Cottages, Mill Lane, Snelson, Macclesfield, SK11 9BN
Sold Dec 2019
£675,000The Cottage, Mill Lane, Snelson, Macclesfield, SK11 9BN
Sold Sept 2013
£450,000
Versus other Mill Lane homes
2 Ash Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,833
Street avg £4,174
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Snelson Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Peover Superior Endowed Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB








