Two Owls Cottage, Croston Close Road, Bury, BL9 6TB
About Two Owls Cottage
Two Owls Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury (BL9 6TB). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 100 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £339,000 is 41.3% above the 2021 sale price. Sold July 2021 for £240,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
Energy performance
Two Owls Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2023PorchFullIn report
Householder: Erection of porch to front and new windows to rear and erection of replacement garage.
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2023/0342
- May 2008ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Replace existing conservatory with single storey pitched roof extension and erection of single storey lean to conservatory to proposed extenison.
Extension- Reference
- 2008/0167
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Two Owls Cottage
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.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£339,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£240,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 July 2021Most recent
£240,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in BL9 6TB: £543,500 (2021–2020).
Everything we know about Two Owls Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Croston Close Road homes
On epc rating, Two Owls Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
32 (F)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 186 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Edenfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Summerseat Methodist Primary School. 3 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
40.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB