2 Bispham Close, Bury, BL8 2TJ

2 Bispham Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury (BL8 2TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since December 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 74 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 sits 62% above the 2013 sale of £158,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 20.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in May 2013.