8 Duffins Close, Rochdale, OL12 6XA

8 Duffins Close is a mid-terrace house in Rochdale (OL12 6XA). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 36 m² this is the 2nd 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 across 18 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £82,000. 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. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 is 40.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 20.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.