238 Manley Road, Manchester, M21 0RD

238 Manley Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Manchester (M21 0RD). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in January 2003. At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £494,000 sits 730.3% above the 2003 sale of £59,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£30/sq ft) was about 73.7% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.