16 Highfield Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5BP

16 Highfield Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackrod, Bolton, Bolton (BL6 5BP). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in August 2022 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 24.4% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 101.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £180,000 in September 2023.