5 Buckfast Close, Manchester, M21 0RY
About 5 Buckfast Close
5 Buckfast Close is a semi-detached house in Manchester (M21 0RY). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £568,000 sits 212.1% above the 2002 sale of £182,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 40.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2015. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Dec 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2015Garage ConversionOutlineIn report
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development for the conversion of garage into additional living accommodation.
- Agent
- Sea Designs Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 108712/LP/2015/S1
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5 Buckfast Close's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2002).
£568,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£182,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 August 2002Most recent
£182,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in M21 0RY: £301,500 (2024–2017).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Buckfast Close homes
Years Held for 5 Buckfast Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,309
Street avg £3,182
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Kensington Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Oswald Road Primary School. 41 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB