26 Swinley Road, Wigan, WN1 2DN

26 Swinley Road is a mid-terrace house in Wigan (WN1 2DN). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2017. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). At 69 m² this is the 58th smallest of 79 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–400 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 79 units on file.

Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £188,000 is 24.8% below the 2021 sale of £250,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 297% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 78 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold April 2021 for £250,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. One planning record on file: HMO conversion refused in 2018.