51 Birchfield Drive, Rochdale, OL11 4NY

51 Birchfield Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Rochdale (OL11 4NY). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold December 2025 for £360,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 51.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.