1 Castle Road, Bury, BL9 8JL
About 1 Castle Road
1 Castle Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury (BL9 8JL). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2013. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £379,000 is 33.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 52.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £283,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Castle Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
1 Castle Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- 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.
£379,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 3 years.
£283,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
21 June 2021Most recent
£283,000
+24.9%over 2 years18 September 2018
£226,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL9 8JL: £170,000 (2025–2017).
Everything we know about 1 Castle Road, 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 Castle Road homes
On epc rating, 1 Castle Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,160
Street avg £1,856
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Castle Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Unsworth Academy. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.7dB