Estimated value today£271klast sold £128,000, 2006 · likely £247k–£295k
Energy ratingD2024 certificate, could be C
Energy bills, a year£2,714about £226 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£2,051/m²neighbourhood typical £2,288/m²
See 5, Ashfield Road from the street and the air
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What would improve this home
Its 2024 energy certificate recommends 4 measures, which together could take it from D to C. All of them together typically cost £10.4k–£23k.
Solid wall insulation (internal or external)typically £4k–£14k
Floor insulationtypically £1.2k–£1.2k
High heat retention storage heaterstypically £1.2k–£1.8k
Solar water heatingtypically £4k–£6k
In the order the certificate lists them (usually cheapest and most effective first). Costs are the median of the ranges quoted on certificates across England and Wales, not quotes for this home. Grants may help: check the government's home energy grants service.
What's it worth with your changes?
Sale records can't see extensions, conversions or condition. Tell us what's changed since 2006 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£252k
Likely£271k
High£290k
Starting value (our estimate)£271k
Range includes ±7% for the estimate itself. Effects are typical ranges, not this home's: a surveyor or local agent who sees it will do better. Work done before 2006 is already in the price. Evidence: of 573,662 homes we saw extended on their energy certificates (median +30 m²), the 123,110 that sold before and after grew a median 10.9% more than their neighbourhood: about a third of the extra space at the home's average price per m².
The home
Type
Terraced (semi-detached)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
132 m² (1,421 sq ft), 7 habitable rooms
Built
1900-1929
Main heating fuel
electricity
Sales since 1995
£29k (1999) → £128k (2006)
The estimate moves the last sale in line with the neighbourhood's like-for-like price index. It can't see extensions, condition or the market for this particular home: it is not a valuation.
A £1,541B £1,798C £2,055D £2,312E £2,826F £3,340G £3,853H £4,624
From the 2024 energy certificate, rescaled to 2026 gas and electricity prices (approximate national averages). Appliances, cooking and standing charges are not included; actual bills depend on how you live.
Getting about
Nearest station
Ardwick, 1.5 km (busiest route: Manchester Piccadilly)
Central London
259 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
16 min by public transport · 9 by car
Town centre
10 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
2% of local workers · 22% mostly work from home
Airport
Manchester, 12 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 6 min without a car
GP surgery
about 6 min
A&E
Manchester Royal Infirmary, 1.2 km (CQC: Requires improvement)
Top-rated primaries
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester (2 km)
Top-rated secondaries
Co-op Academy Belle Vue (1.7 km), Levenshulme High School (2.5 km), Burnage Academy for Boys (3.3 km)
Eating out
16 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
£2,014 a month for a 4+-bedroom home in Manchester (2026-08)
Gross yield
8.9% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated D: meets the current E minimum
Council-wide average rents (ONS Price Index of Private Rents); bedrooms estimated from the certificate's habitable rooms. Before costs, voids, tax and mortgage interest.
Planning and development
Conservation area
not in one (postcode check)
Article 4 direction
none recorded
Brownfield sites in the neighbourhood
7 sites, about 701 homes planned
This home extended?
yes: 118 m² → 145 m² by 2009 (energy certificates)
Extensions on the street
1 other home on Ashfield Road (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2021
Company landlords
20.6% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
99 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
Older home (built 1900-1929)Consider a full building survey (RICS Level 3) rather than a basic one: older homes more often have damp, roof, wiring, drainage or structural movement issues, and past alterations may predate building regulations.
Extended: 118 m² → 145 m²Its energy certificates show the floor area grew by 27 m² (certificate 2009). Ask for the planning permission or a lawful development certificate, building-regulations completion certificates, and any party wall agreements.
Development planned nearbyThe council's brownfield register lists 3 sites of 50+ homes in this neighbourhood (largest: Victoria Point 44 Hathersage Road (STUDENT), 519 homes). Look up planning applications for anything near you.
Estimate is far from the last saleA lot has changed since it last sold, or the home has been extended or renovated. Rely on comparable recent sales and the survey.
For every purchaseCommission a survey suited to the home's age and condition, check the title plan matches what you see on the ground (boundaries, access, parking), and ask about disputes with neighbours, rights of way and shared drives.