1 Wayside Cottage, Northwich Road, Lower Stretton, Warrington, WA4 4PF

1 Wayside Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Stretton, Warrington, Warrington (WA4 4PF). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.

At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £535,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 17.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.