12 Birch Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EF
About 12 Birch Avenue
12 Birch Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Tottington, Bury, Bury (BL8 3EF). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2013) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
11 years since the last transfer (September 2015). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 84 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 15 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £186,000 is 43.1% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 37.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
12 Birch Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jun 2023
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 16 June 2023
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (50 kWp) installed
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Planning history
1 application on record at 12 Birch Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EF
- May 2019PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Front of property
Two storey extension at side and porch at front
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 63952
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Sales history & valuation
12 Birch Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£186,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 12 years.
£130,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
30 September 2015Most recent
£130,000
+11.1%over 4 years14 August 2011
£117,000
+17.1%over 2 years23 September 2008
£99,950
+24.9%over 4 years20 October 2003
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL8 3EF: £123,000 (2026–2016).
Nearby sales in BL8 3EF
6 Birch Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EF
Sold Mar 2026
£160,00016 Birch Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EF
Sold Mar 2020
£140,0007 Birch Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EF
Sold Jun 2019
£123,00013 Birch Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EF
Sold Mar 2016
£120,00019 Birch Avenue, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3EF
Sold Aug 2015
£125,500
Versus other Birch Avenue homes
12 Birch Avenue outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,548
Street avg £1,513
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Sunnywood Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Tottington Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB







