Chatburn Court, Flat 5, Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5RB

Chatburn Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Culcheth, Warrington, Warrington (WA3 5RB). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 49 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 28 units on EPC record in Chatburn Court, where floor areas span 36–86 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 49 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 34 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 sits 155.6% above the 2012 sale of £45,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 36.9% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in September 2012.