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 £188,000 sits 382.1% above the 1998 sale of £39,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£41/sq ft) was about 58% below the postcode norm.
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16 Fern Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jul 2023
16 Fern Close has no planning applications on record.
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16 Fern Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£188,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£39,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², 16 Fern Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£438
Street avg £1,276
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Heather Close — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
30 September 1998Most recent
£39,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA3 7NU: £123,000 (2024–2017).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
WA3 7NB
Closest school
0.1 km
Locking Stumps Community Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.9dB