Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
16 Fern Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7NU
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
89 m²
958 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 47
Council tax
Band A
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 16 Fern Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
16 Fern Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Birchwood, Warrington, Warrington (WA3 7NU). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since September 1998 — 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 sits 325.6% above the 1998 sale of £39,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£41/sq ft) was about 58.1% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
16 Fern Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jul 2023
Current Certificate
Jul 2013EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E47
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 21 July 2023
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 16 Fern Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7NU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
16 Fern Close has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
16 Fern Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£166,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1998)
£39,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 September 1998Most recent
£39,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA3 7NU: £140,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in WA3 7NU
17 Fern Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7NU
Sold Jan 2025
£165,00034 Fern Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7NU
Sold Jan 2024
£167,00030 Fern Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7NU
Sold Nov 2020
£140,00011 Fern Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7NU
Sold Mar 2019
£122,00023 Fern Close, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7NU
Sold Dec 2017
£123,000
Versus other Fern Close homes
Four headline reads against 35 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², 16 Fern Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£438
Street avg £1,363
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Warrington district page.
Crime
112/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Heather Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Locking Stumps Community Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WA3 7NU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.9dB
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80 dB
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