12 Abbey Drive, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8RW

12 Abbey Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 8RW). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 82 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 10 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £236,000 is 34.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 26% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £176,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.