6 East Street, Firgrove, Rochdale, OL16 3BW
About 6 East Street
6 East Street is an end-of-terrace house in Firgrove, Rochdale, Rochdale (OL16 3BW). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (40–98 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good.
At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold February 2022 for £78,000. 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. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2015. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 48.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 75% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
6 East Street's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Ventilation system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
High performance glazing installed
Wall insulation upgraded
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
1 application on record at 6 East Street, Firgrove, Rochdale, OL16 3BW
- Oct 2015SubdivisionFullOutcome in report
Conversion of single dwelling into two self-contained apartments
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00971/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
6 East Street saw 4 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£116,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 7 years.
£78,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
15 February 2022Most recent
£78,000
+21.9%over 1 year21 February 2020
£64,000
+4.9%over 1 year4 October 2018
£61,000
+20.8%over 3 years20 March 2015
£50,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL16 3BW: £85,000 (2022–2007).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Larchway — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Moorhouse Academy. 27 schools nearby.
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