15 Balcombe Close, Bury, BL8 4PL

15 Balcombe Close is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bury (BL8 4PL). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 10 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On the market in October 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £154,000 is 43.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 23.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.