3 Cherry Tree Cottage, Cherry Tree Lane, Moss Bank Road, St Helens, WA11 7DQ

3 Cherry Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Helens (WA11 7DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £273,000 sits 110% above the 2003 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£93/sq ft) was about 61.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.