4 Cypress Gardens, Firgrove, Rochdale, OL16 3BS

4 Cypress Gardens is a detached house in Firgrove, Rochdale, Rochdale (OL16 3BS). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since May 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 121 m² it's 19.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 sits 55.8% above the 2007 sale of £184,246. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 43.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.