5 Cypress Gardens, Firgrove, Rochdale, OL16 3BS

5 Cypress Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Firgrove, Rochdale, Rochdale (OL16 3BS). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 is 11.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 289.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £285,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.