78 Woodhouse Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7WX
About 78 Woodhouse Road
78 Woodhouse Road is a semi-detached house in Urmston, Manchester, Manchester (M41 7WX). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
At 83 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 78 Woodhouse Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7WX
- Apr 2026ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Demolition of the existing garage and erection of a single storey rear extension and a part single/part two storey side extension.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 118394/HHA/26
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Sales history & valuation
78 Woodhouse Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£262,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in M41 7WX: £300,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in M41 7WX
94 Woodhouse Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7WX
Sold Aug 2024
£285,00096 Woodhouse Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7WX
Sold Dec 2023
£395,00090 Woodhouse Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7WX
Sold May 2023
£360,00072 Woodhouse Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7WX
Sold Aug 2020
£270,00092 Woodhouse Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 7WX
Sold May 2018
£300,000
Versus other Woodhouse Road homes
78 Woodhouse Road is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
45 (E)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 103 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Selby Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Woodhouse Primary School. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB







