4 Balcombe Close, Bury, BL8 4PL
About 4 Balcombe Close
4 Balcombe Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bury (BL8 4PL). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1346 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £436,000 sits 81.7% above the 2010 sale of £240,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
4 Balcombe Close'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Sept 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Balcombe Close has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor extension at side above existing garage
- Agent
- MTC Designs
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 62506
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 4 Balcombe Close
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Balcombe Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£436,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£240,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 December 2010Most recent
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL8 4PL: £260,000 (2021–2014).
Everything we know about 4 Balcombe Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Balcombe Close homes
4 Balcombe Close outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,919
Street avg £2,057
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Springside View — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Old Hall Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB