14 Beech Street, Bury, BL9 7DE

14 Beech Street is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury (BL9 7DE). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 460 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 43 m² this is the 5th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–128 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (31 versus a best of 75).

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in August 2006. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 15 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. Across 2005–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £102,000 sits 85.5% above the 2006 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 45.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.