2 Oswald Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LH

2 Oswald Road is a semi-detached house in Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, Manchester (M21 9LH). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

Held since April 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 sits 231.1% above the 1999 sale of £148,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 15.3% below the postcode norm.