120 City Road, Wigan, WN5 0BE
About 120 City Road
120 City Road is a mid-terrace house in Wigan (WN5 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
Last sale on file: £86,000 in October 2021. Across the public record there are 4 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: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 is 45.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£119/sq ft) was about 56.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
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Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Jan 2005SubdivisionAmendmentIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Change of Use of 1no. dwellinghouse to 2no. dwellinghouses, together with two storey extension to rear of each dwellinghouse.
Extension- Reference
- A/04/62974
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
120 City Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£125,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.2% per year over 15 years.
£86,000
Growth on file: -0.2% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
26 October 2021Most recent
£86,000
+4.9%over 1 year2 September 2020
£82,000
-2.4%over 2 years30 November 2017
£84,000
-5.6%over 11 years3 November 2006
£89,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN5 0BE: £106,500 (2024–2021).
Versus other City Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 120 City Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,284
Street avg £887
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bell Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB