9 Highfield Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5BP

9 Highfield Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackrod, Bolton, Bolton (BL6 5BP). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £262,000 is 12.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£257/sq ft) was about 80.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £232,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.