23 Briar Close, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4RH

23 Briar Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Hindley Green, Wigan, Wigan (WN2 4RH). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1478 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 188.4% above the 2002 sale of £121,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 54.5% below the postcode norm.