186a is a five-bedroom detached house in Lowton, Warrington, Warrington (WA3 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
It hasn't traded since January 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Warrington HPI: 26.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £546,000 sits 98.5% above the 2006 sale of £275,000. At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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186a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
186a has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
To use detached garage as ancillary residential accommodation, together with alterations to external elevations (retrospective application)
186a has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£546,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 26.7% per year over 6 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 26.7% per year over 6 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
On floor area, 186a stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,228
Street avg £1,589
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
To extend bungalow single storey to side with first floor extension forming first floor.
What's in 186a, Newton Road, Lowton, Warrington, WA3 1DG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
6 January 2006Most recent
£275,000
+269.1%over 5 years30 June 2000
£74,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA3 1DG: £145,000 (2025–2023).

CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
WA3 1JB
Morgans Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.5dB