14 Merlin Close, Heapey, Chorley, PR6 9BB

14 Merlin Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Heapey, Chorley, Chorley (PR6 9BB). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 842 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 78 m² it's 28.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 is 41.3% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 39.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.