8 Oswald Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LH
About 8 Oswald Road
8 Oswald Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, Manchester (M21 9LH). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2366 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 220 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in June 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £810,000 is 24.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£275/sq ft) was about 84% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
8 Oswald Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Jan 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Works to trees - T1 Ash, reduce back re left canopy 2.5m (or 2.5m complete crown reduction), G2 Cypress hedge reduce height by 3m and formalise, T3 Hawthorn - Fell to ground level due to sever stem decay
- Agent
- Sunnybank Forestry Ltd (t/a Elmhouse Tree Services)
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 127047/TCA/2020
- Jul 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
Works to trees - proposed pruning works to a an Ash (T1) and Willow (T2)
- Agent
- ElmHouse Tree Services
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 120250/TPO/2018
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Oswald Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£810,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 17 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
5 June 2016Most recent
£650,000
+69.7%over 10 years21 December 2005
£383,000
+36.8%over 3 years6 December 2002
£280,000
+90.5%over 3 years27 May 1999
£147,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in M21 9LH: £172,500 (2023–2015).
Nearby sales in M21 9LH
2b, Oswald Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LH
Sold Dec 2023
£275,5002a, Flat 2, Oswald Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LH
Sold May 2019
£132,000Flat 6, 3 Oswald Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LH
Sold May 2019
£50,0006 Oswald Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LH
Sold Jan 2016
£625,00016 Oswald Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LH
Sold Dec 2011
£450,000
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Manchester Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Oswald Road Primary School. 39 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB