Samuel Fold Cottage, Pendlebury Lane, Haigh, Wigan, WN2 1LT

Samuel Fold Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Haigh, Wigan, Wigan (WN2 1LT). It has a recorded floor area of 327 m² (around 3520 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 327 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £942,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 165.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2021 for £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.