3 Merlin Close, Heapey, Chorley, PR6 9BB

3 Merlin Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Heapey, Chorley, Chorley (PR6 9BB). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1406 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £388,000 is 43.7% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 17.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.