5 Carfax Fold, Rochdale, OL12 7GH
About 5 Carfax Fold
5 Carfax Fold is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rochdale (OL12 7GH). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Last sale on file: £240,000 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 5 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 is 10% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 77.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 5 Carfax Fold.
- Mar 2003ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two Storey Side Extension To Dwelling
- Agent
- Hague
- Reference
- 03/D41207
What's in 5 Carfax Fold, Rochdale, OL12 7GH's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
5 Carfax Fold has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£264,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 24 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
15 September 2022Most recent
£240,000
+65.6%over 8 years16 April 2014
£144,950
+8.4%over 3 years20 May 2010
£133,750
+114.0%over 9 years28 September 2000
£62,500
+6.0%over 2 years27 August 1998
£58,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL12 7GH: £191,000 (2024–2015).
Versus other Carfax Fold homes
Price per m² for 5 Carfax Fold runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,158
Street avg £2,579
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Daniel Fold — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
St Vincent's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB







