Lower House, Flat 1, 559 Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4JU

Lower House is an end-of-terrace house in Lostock, Bolton, Bolton (BL6 4JU). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 142 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in Lower House, where floor areas span 70–146 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (78 versus a worst of 58). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good.

At 142 m² it's 21.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (180 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sold April 2022 for £380,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2021. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 68% above the typical sold price in the postcode.