25 Alcester Close, Bury, BL8 1QE

25 Alcester Close is a semi-detached house in Bury (BL8 1QE). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 95 m² it's 28.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 288.3% above the 1998 sale of £57,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£57/sq ft) was about 67.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.