1 The Convent, Orchard Lane, Leigh, WN7 1EF

1 The Convent is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh (WN7 1EF). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (December 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 47), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. At 136 m² this is the 8th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (18 versus a best of 66).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 8 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. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £230,000. 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.