5 Bertrand Road, Bolton, BL1 4RS

5 Bertrand Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bolton (BL1 4RS). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 44 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 is 20.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 202.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.