24 Dovedale Avenue, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0BU

24 Dovedale Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Prestwich, Manchester, Manchester (M25 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (December 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in April 2002. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £314,000 sits 339.2% above the 2002 sale of £71,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 58% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 98 m² it's 25.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 10 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).