8 Broxton Avenue, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8NP

8 Broxton Avenue is a semi-detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 8NP). It has a recorded floor area of 15 m² (around 161 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in August 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 15 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 sits 373% above the 1996 sale of £31,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£195/sq ft) was about 31.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.