34a, Blackthorn Croft, Clayton Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 7TZ

34a is a detached house in Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley, Chorley (PR6 7TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2015) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 104). The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1997–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 sits 321.5% above the 2000 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 74.1% below the postcode norm.