72 Buxton Crescent, Rochdale, OL16 4TU

72 Buxton Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rochdale (OL16 4TU). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 110 m² it's 15.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 38 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 sits 112.9% above the 2015 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 23.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.