5 Flag Lane, Heath Charnock, Chorley, PR6 9ED

5 Flag Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Heath Charnock, Chorley, Chorley (PR6 9ED). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 147 m² it's 20.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £577,000 is 24.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 75.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.