197 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5DF
About 197 Walmersley Road
197 Walmersley Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bury (BL9 5DF). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Period features are noted in the property record.
At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £309,000 is 47.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 18.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £210,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Outside
- GarageDetached
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
197 Walmersley Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
197 Walmersley Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
12applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
197 Walmersley Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£309,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.3% per year over 14 years.
£210,000
Growth on file: -0.3% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
10 June 2021Most recent
£210,000
-4.5%over 13 years9 September 2007
£220,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL9 5DF: £305,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in BL9 5DF
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Walmersley Road homes
On habitable rooms, 197 Walmersley Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£981
Street avg £1,005
Floor Area
214 m²
Street avg 199 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 10.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hornby Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St John with St Mark CofE Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB