8 Ashmore Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6QY

8 Ashmore Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birchwood, Warrington, Warrington (WA3 6QY). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £98,000 in November 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 is 29.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 176.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.