Apartment 405, 101 Bradshawgate, Bolton, BL1 1QD

Apartment 405 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bolton (BL1 1QD). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity. At 62 m² this is the 13th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–86 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 37 units on file.

At 62 m² the property is well over the postcode median (25 m² across 124 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £120,000 sits 75.2% above the 2021 sale of £68,500. Sold June 2021 for £68,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.