Flat, 24 Higher Market Street, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 9AJ

Flat is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Farnworth, Bolton, Bolton (BL4 9AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 80 m² this is the 9th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–115 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a basement.

It hasn't traded since August 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Bolton HPI: 58.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 is 16.8% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 25.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.