7 The Warings, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5NZ

7 The Warings is a semi-detached house in Heskin, Chorley, Chorley (PR7 5NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 sits 259.6% above the 1997 sale of £49,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 55.7% below the postcode norm. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.