48 Wigan Lower Road, Standish Lower Ground, Wigan, WN6 8LJ

48 Wigan Lower Road is a detached house in Standish Lower Ground, Wigan, Wigan (WN6 8LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £430,000 sits 56.4% above the 2011 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 27.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.