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Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 71, Melbourne Road, Chester is £166,481 and its rental estimate is £909 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 falls within the CH1 postal district.
71, Melbourne Road, Chester has 21 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in August 2015 and a single entry in the EPC database dated January 2012.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 5 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 71, Melbourne Road, Chester, we estimate a market value of £174,805 and a rental value of £954 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £154,827 and £845 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 71, Melbourne Road, Chester has seen its estimated sale value grow by £5,328 (3.2%) and its estimated rental value climb by £32 per month (3.6%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 6.5%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 71, Melbourne Road, Chester as measuring 149 m2.
That makes it the 20th largest plot in the postcode, where 26 of the 30 other houses have recorded plot data.
71, Melbourne Road, Chester has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 25 Jan 2012.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 71, Melbourne Road, Chester completed on 6th August 2015 at £100,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 114.0% over the period since August 2015.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 71, Melbourne Road, Chester have sold within a radius of 510 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 25th September 2025, was 1, Melbourne Road, Chester, CH1 5JQ, a freehold house which sold for £170,000.
Read more about house prices in CH1.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 116 addresses on Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1, 71, Melbourne Road, Chester comes out as the 20th largest and the 31st most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £67k less expensive than the average property across the CH1 district.
From 71, Melbourne Road, Chester, the nearest station is Bache, 2.7 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
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The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 71, Melbourne Road, Chester, 37.1% of property is socially rented and 30.1% is privately owned outright.
The graph below shows how this compares to North West and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 71, Melbourne Road, Chester, 24.2% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 13.9% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to North West and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 71, Melbourne Road, Chester, the average age was 39.9 and the most common age was 57.
The graph below shows how this compares to North West and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 71, Melbourne Road, Chester, 0.0% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for North West and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 71, Melbourne Road, Chester, there are an average of 0.9 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to North West and the rest of England & Wales.