Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Old School Rooms is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bolton (BL1 1NR). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 101 m² this is the 29th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in The Old School Rooms, where floor areas span 32–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 30 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since August 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 sits 100.4% above the 2003 sale of £63,375. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 45.5% below the postcode norm.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 21 July 2032
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Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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The Old School Rooms has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
4 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
The Old School Rooms valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£127,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£63,375
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
14 August 2003Most recent
£63,375
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL1 1NR: £70,000 (2026–2022).
The Old School Rooms, Flat 12, Great Moor Street, Bolton, BL1 1NR
Sold Mar 2026
The Old School Rooms, Flat 27, Great Moor Street, Bolton, BL1 1NR
Sold Aug 2025
The Old School Rooms, Flat 5, Great Moor Street, Bolton, BL1 1NR
Sold Oct 2023
The Old School Rooms, Flat 25, Great Moor Street, Bolton, BL1 1NR
Sold May 2023
The Old School Rooms, Flat 17, Great Moor Street, Bolton, BL1 1NR
Sold Dec 2022
On price per m², The Old School Rooms runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£627
Street avg £1,367
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Breightmet Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Bolton Sixth Form College. 47 schools nearby.
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