40 Orchard Brow is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rixton, Warrington, Warrington (WA3 6JL). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 38 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 is 16.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 78.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £140,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
40 Orchard Brow has no planning applications on record.
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£163,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£140,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for 40 Orchard Brow lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,333
Street avg £2,586
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 67 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Birch Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
10 December 2021Most recent
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA3 6JL: £230,000 (2024–2023).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
WA3 6NX
Closest school
0.2 km
St Helen's Church of England Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.6dB