39 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
About 39 Sandbrook Road
39 Sandbrook Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 8UD). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since September 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2001–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £779,000 is 44.8% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 55.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
39 Sandbrook Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Jun 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
39 Sandbrook Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jul 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Lime at No. 41 - Removal of approx 2m of branch growth over guttering/windows. Removal of epicormic growth. T2 Oak at No. 39 - Removal of approx 2m of overhang onto drive of No. 41.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- T/2019/0059/TPO
- Oct 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Agent
- MAKERFIELD DESIGN PARTNERSHIP
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2011/0890/FUL
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 39 Sandbrook Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£779,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.6% per year over 4 years.
£538,000
Growth on file: 11.6% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
26 September 2005Most recent
£538,000
+55.9%over 4 years3 September 2001
£345,000
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
£160,00017 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold Jun 2006
£85,000
Versus other Sandbrook Road homes
39 Sandbrook Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,993
Street avg £1,405
Floor Area
270 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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







