14 Duffins Close, Rochdale, OL12 6XA

14 Duffins Close is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rochdale (OL12 6XA). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 38 m² this is the 4th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–203 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (45 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £97,000 sits 61.7% above the 2021 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£147/sq ft) was about 16.7% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £60,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.