1b, Hardcastle Gardens, Bolton, BL2 4NZ

1b is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bolton (BL2 4NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. At 86 m² this is the 4th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 62–256 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Last changed hands 8 years ago, in January 2018. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 86 m² it's 23.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 29 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 is 36.2% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£200/sq ft) was about 39.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.