24 Smith Avenue, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0BN
About 24 Smith Avenue
24 Smith Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 37.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £171,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageDetached
Building
- TenureFreehold
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
24 Smith Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jan 2024
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Planning history
24 Smith Avenue has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 24 Smith Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£184,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.0% per year over 15 years.
£171,000
Growth on file: 2.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
12 July 2022Most recent
£171,000
+59.1%over 5 years28 February 2017
£107,500
-14.7%over 10 years26 January 2007
£126,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN5 0BN: £135,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in WN5 0BN
Versus other Smith Avenue homes
EPC Rating for 24 Smith Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,745
Street avg £1,477
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 60 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Peter Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Dean Trust Wigan. 25 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB