The Chestnuts, High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BQ

The Chestnuts is a detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 is 41.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 61.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2019 for £375,000.