129 Platting Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2JT

129 Platting Lane is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rochdale (OL11 2JT). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 56 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 51 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £137,000 is 22.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 123.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £111,500 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.