Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
68 Seymour Road, Bolton, BL1 8PT
3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
End terrace
Bedrooms
4
Bathroom
1
Floor area
117 m²
1259 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 39
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Private Rental
About 68 Seymour Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
68 Seymour Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bolton (BL1 8PT). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1995–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £240,000 sits 65.5% above the 2017 sale of £145,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 16.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 24 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On the market in July 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
68 Seymour Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Nov 2023
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Nov 2013
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E39
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
8.5 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Certificate validity
Expired on 5 November 2023
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 68 Seymour Road, Bolton, BL1 8PT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
68 Seymour Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 68 Seymour Road, Bolton, BL1 8PT
1decisions1extensions7documents3nearby
- Aug 2018ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION
- Council
- 79339
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 03803/18
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
68 Seymour Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£240,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 22 years.
Last sold (2017)
£145,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
9 July 2017Most recent
£145,000
+190.0%over 16 years25 July 2000
£50,000
-13.8%over 4 years30 July 1995
£58,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL1 8PT: £199,000 (2026–2024).
Versus other Seymour Road homes
Four headline reads against 17 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 68 Seymour Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,239
Street avg £1,594
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Watermillock Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge. 41 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BL1 8PT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB
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