12a, Plantation View, Bacup, OL13 8PY

12a is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Bacup (OL13 8PY). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

It hasn't traded since October 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 sits 101.3% above the 2008 sale of £164,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£100/sq ft) was about 19.7% below the postcode norm. At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.