55a, Mesnes Road, Wigan, WN1 2DF

55a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wigan (WN1 2DF). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–142 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (69 versus a worst of 22). The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.

Held since June 1996 — that's 30 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. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 88.3% above the 1996 sale of £68,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 32% below the postcode norm.