# 4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale (WA16 8QL) ## Property Details | Key | Value | |-----|-------| | Address | 19 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE WA16 8QL | | Price | £900,000 | | Bedrooms | 4 | | Bathrooms | 2 | | Council tax | F | | Construction age | England and Wales: 1930-1949 | | Floor area | 164 m² | | Last sold | £214,000 Sep 1999 | ## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost - **Current rating:** C - **Potential rating:** C - **Expiry date:** 23/07/2036 - **Current heating cost:** £1,765/year - **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £9,000 ### Recommendations - U (£8,000 - £10,000) [View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/4036-8823-2600-0444-4226) ## Description A well-proportioned, semi-detached family house in a wonderful position on one of the town’s most sought after roads, offering great scope for further enlargement or improvement, and standing in a wonderful large mature garden, with excellent off-road parking and garage. Goughs Lane is one of the most sought after roads in Knutsford, lying within the Legh Road Conservation Area and home to some of the most impressive houses in the town. This property has been extended and altered over the years but still offers great scope for an incoming purchaser to further enlarge or enhance, subject of course to obtaining any necessary planning consent required. The accommodation is spacious and well-balanced with two ground floor reception rooms and a spacious kitchen/breakfast room, extended about 20 years ago, which overlooks and leads out to the rear garden. There are four first floor double bedrooms and two bathrooms - one en suite, and to the rear the house overlooks the wonderful, expansive large lawned mature garden. The driveway provides off-road parking for a number of cars and there is an attached garage. 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Data from Land Registry Price Paid.* | Address | Price | Date | Type | |---------|-------|------|------| | 19 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE, WA16 8QL | £214,000 | 15/09/1999 | Semi-detached | ## Sold Comparables *Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.* | Address | Price | Date | Type | |---------|-------|------|------| | [Same street] 23 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QL | £1,200,000 | 12/12/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 26 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QL | £2,150,000 | 31/10/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 22 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QL | £2,995,000 | 06/03/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 24 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QL | £2,075,000 | 18/01/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 30 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QL | £2,995,000 | 05/12/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 24 GOUGHS LANE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE EAST, WA16 8QL | £2,000,000 | 18/02/2022 | Detached | **Street average:** £2,235,833 (6 sales) ## Price vs local average *Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).* - **Local average:** £484,353 (27 Semi-detached, WA16, 2024–2026) - **Deviation:** +85.8% ## Rental Range *ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Cheshire East). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.* - **Low:** £884/mo - **Realistic:** £982/mo - **Optimistic:** £1,080/mo ## LHA (Local Housing Allowance) *VOA 30th percentile rent floor for East Lancs (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).* - **LHA floor (this property size):** £793/mo ## 1% Rule - **Rent ratio:** 0.11% (weak for cashflow) - **Max investor price (0.8%):** £122,750 - **Target investor price (1%):** £98,200 *Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on Area rent estimate.* ## Price per Square Metre - **£/m²:** £5,488/m² ## Capital growth trend *Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.* - **5y growth:** 18.8% - **10y growth:** 25.9% ## House Price Index (HM Land Registry) *Official index for Cheshire East; Semi-detached series; as of April 2026.* - **1y growth (index):** 2% - **5y growth (index):** 22.6% - **10y growth (index):** 53% ## Flood risk - **Zone:** 1 - **Risk:** Low - **Source:** Job (default Low) [Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)