257 Bury Old Road, Heap, Bury, BL9 7JB
About 257 Bury Old Road
257 Bury Old Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Heap, Bury, Bury (BL9 7JB). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2021–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 61.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £195,000 is 14.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 117.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £170,000. 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
Building
- TenureFreehold
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
257 Bury Old Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
257 Bury Old Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 3 things worth checking at 257 Bury Old Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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Sales history & valuation
257 Bury Old Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£195,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 61.9% per year over 1 year.
£170,000
Growth on file: 61.9% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
5 November 2021Most recent
£170,000
+61.9%over 9 months10 February 2021
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL9 7JB: £222,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BL9 7JB
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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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
Versus other Bury Old Road homes
257 Bury Old Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,464
Street avg £1,482
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Sussex Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.9dB