24 Bower Avenue, Rochdale, OL12 9QW
About 24 Bower Avenue
24 Bower Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Rochdale (OL12 9QW). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 51.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £195,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
24 Bower Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
24 Bower Avenue has no planning applications on record.
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 24 Bower Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£213,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£195,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 November 2022Most recent
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL12 9QW: £156,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in OL12 9QW
Versus other Bower Avenue homes
On floor area, 24 Bower Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,378
Street avg £1,854
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 58 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
0.1 km
Birch Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Wardle Academy. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







