9 Ash Road, Kearsley, Bolton, BL4 8LS

9 Ash Road is a semi-detached house in Kearsley, Bolton, Bolton (BL4 8LS). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £195,000 sits 529% above the 2001 sale of £31,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£21/sq ft) was about 77% below the postcode norm.