13 Rhodes Drive, Bury, BL9 8NH

13 Rhodes Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Bury (BL9 8NH). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It hasn't traded since January 2005, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. At 148 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 sits 90% above the 2005 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 21.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.