8 Cedar Grove, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 0BE

8 Cedar Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Farnworth, Bolton, Bolton (BL4 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 sits 196.1% above the 2007 sale of £51,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 53% below the postcode norm.