12 Bowen Street, Bolton, BL1 5JW
About 12 Bowen Street
12 Bowen Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bolton (BL1 5JW). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 sits 52.1% above the 2021 sale of £94,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £94,000 in May 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Heating systemGas
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
12 Bowen Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
12 Bowen Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Bowen Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£143,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 21 years.
£94,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
31 May 2021Most recent
£94,000
+135.0%over 3 years20 November 2017
£40,000
-54.5%over 10 years13 September 2007
£88,000
+433.3%over 7 years21 January 2000
£16,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL1 5JW: £80,000 (2022–2020).
Versus other Bowen Street homes
On epc rating, 12 Bowen Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,382
Street avg £1,090
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 64 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Merlin Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Thomas of Canterbury RC School. 40 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB