17 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
About 17 Sandbrook Road
17 Sandbrook Road is a detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 8UD). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since June 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 101 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £152,000 sits 78.8% above the 2006 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 36.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
17 Sandbrook Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Feb 2025
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- May 2016SubdivisionAmendmentIn report
Conversion of offices into two flats.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 2016/0237/COU
- Oct 2015SubdivisionAmendmentIn report
Conversion of offices into two flats.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2015/0789/COU
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£152,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£85,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 June 2006Most recent
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN5 8UD: £175,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in WN5 8UD
24 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold May 2024
£200,00020 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold May 2019
£215,00034 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold Feb 2017
£175,00030 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold Dec 2007
£160,00039 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold Sept 2005
£538,000
Versus other Sandbrook Road homes
17 Sandbrook Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£842
Street avg £1,533
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Delphside Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Up Holland High School. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.0dB







