8 Ashurst Close, Bolton, BL2 3PE
About 8 Ashurst Close
8 Ashurst Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bolton (BL2 3PE). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 124 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 50.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £380,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
8 Ashurst Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Dec 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 Ashurst Close has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Ashurst Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£398,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 20 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
21 December 2022Most recent
£380,000
+33.8%over 15 years18 December 2007
£284,000
+64.6%over 4 years23 April 2003
£172,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL2 3PE: £330,000 (2025–2018).
Versus other Ashurst Close homes
8 Ashurst Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,065
Street avg £2,479
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ash Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Harwood Meadows Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB







