The Old School House, School Lane, Henbury, Macclesfield, SK11 9PH

The Old School House is a five-bedroom detached house in Henbury, Macclesfield, Macclesfield (SK11 9PH). It has a recorded floor area of 263 m² (around 2831 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 263 m² the property is well over the postcode median (148 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £835,000 is 19.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 31.4% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £700,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.