Apartment 9, 35 Alfred Street, Platt Bridge, Wigan, WN2 3TP

Apartment 9 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Platt Bridge, Wigan, Wigan (WN2 3TP). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2026) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. At 53 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Held since April 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 53 m² it's 23.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 42 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£184/sq ft) was about 47.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.