9 St James Avenue, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, SK11 9RY

9 St James Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Macclesfield (SK11 9RY). It has a recorded floor area of 259 m² (around 2788 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2012) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from December 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 259 m² the property is well over the postcode median (42 m² across 20 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. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £691,000 sits 68.5% above the 2007 sale of £410,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£147/sq ft) was about 49.8% below the postcode norm.