12 Braeside Grove, Bolton, BL3 4TY

12 Braeside Grove is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Bolton (BL3 4TY). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1998–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 sits 55.1% above the 2009 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 51.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 21 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.