The Homestead, Higher Austins, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4NA

The Homestead is a four-bedroom detached house in Lostock, Bolton, Bolton (BL6 4NA). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £586,000 sits 52.2% above the 2015 sale of £385,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in November 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.