18 Manor Park, Onchan, Isle Of Man
Description
Immaculately presented and fully renovated throughout, this impressive three-bedroom detached bungalow is situated within the exclusive private development of Manor Park, enjoying extensive sea views across Douglas Bay from its principal reception rooms. The accommodation is centred around a superb open-plan living and dining room, thoughtfully designed to maximise light and outlook. A striking dual-sided fireplace creates a stylish focal point, while patio doors open directly onto a beautifully decked sun terrace, perfectly positioned to take in the panoramic coastal views, seasonal fireworks and visiting air displays. To one side, a modern breakfast kitchen offers both style and practicality, featuring a generous breakfast bar overlooking the sea. A separate utility room and pantry provide additional storage and workspace, enhancing the functionality of the home. A superb secondary reception room offers versatile accommodation and is currently arranged as a home bar and entertaining space. A guest WC is conveniently located nearby. The bedroom accommodation is equally impressive. The full-size master suite includes a walk-in wardrobe and a well-appointed en-suite shower room. Two further double bedrooms both benefit from their own en-suite bathrooms, ensuring comfort and privacy for family and guests alike. Externally, the property continues to impress. A substantial summer house, currently utilised as a home office, provides flexible additional space. The landscaped garden is well maintained, with steps leading down to the lower section, while the large decked terrace offers the perfect setting for outdoor relaxation. Further benefits include uPVC double glazing, oil-fired central heating, and driveway parking for at least four vehicles. A superb coastal home in a so
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Nearby
- SchoolOnchan Primary School0.75 mi · 16 min walk · 2 min drive
- GP surgeryVillage Walk Health Centre0.80 mi · 17 min walk · 3 min drive
- DentistThe Compass, Dental Surgery0.80 mi · 17 min walk · 3 min drive
- SupermarketTesco0.89 mi · 19 min walk · 3 min drive
- PubManx Arms0.76 mi · 16 min walk · 2 min drive
- RestaurantGandhi Restaurant0.29 mi · 6 min walk · 1 min drive
- CaféDelissimo0.72 mi · 15 min walk · 2 min drive
- Petrol stationUnnamed petrol0.84 mi · 18 min walk · 3 min drive
- AirportIsle of Man Airport12.6 mi · 40 min drive
Nearest match in each category, from a fixed list of Isle of Man amenities — not every pub, café or shop on the island, so treat this as a useful sample, not a complete picture. Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), multiplied by 1.3 to approximate real road-network distance — this is an estimate, not turn-by-turn routing, and actual walking/driving routes may differ. Times assume constant average speeds appropriate to the Isle of Man's roads and 25/35mph limits: walking 4.5 km/h, cycling 14 km/h, driving 30 km/h — not open-road speeds, and they don't account for traffic, parking or terrain.
Masts nearby
- Mobile phone mastUnnamed on the map0.24 miles away
- Mobile phone mastUnnamed on the map1.4 miles away
Read this before drawing a conclusion. These are masts mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors — 38 communication structures for the whole island, 29 of them tagged as carrying a mobile network. The operators run considerably more sites than that, so a mast not shown here is not evidence there isn't one. There is no official Isle of Man mast register to check against: Ofcom's Sitefinder never covered the island and the Communications Commission publishes no list. Nothing in this data says which generation a mast carries, so none of it can tell you whether a site is 5G.
Getting connected
Four providers sell residential broadband on the island: Manx Telecom, Sure, Wi-Manx, BlueWave Communications. Manx Telecom owns and operates the fixed network the others largely resell, so what is physically available at an address is usually a Manx Telecom question whoever ends up billing you.
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What would improving it be worth?
Value added is the extra floor area priced at £2,651/m² — the midpoint asking price per m² among 28 Isle of Man properties currently for sale that publish a floor area. Cost uses real Isle of Man build rates: £4,000–£6,000/m² new build and £2,000–£4,000/m² refurbishment, depending on quality. Net is against the mid rate. The last column is how often Isle of Man actually grants that kind of application.
| Improvement | Value it might add | Likely cost | Net | Granted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add a bedroom (single-storey extension) A modest double plus circulation, built new. ~14 m² |
£37,116 | £52,500 14 m² · mid spec new build range £42,000–£63,000 |
−£15,384 | 0% (314) |
| Loft conversion with a bedroom Works inside an existing roof, so it prices as refurbishment rather than new build — which is why it usually wins. ~20 m² |
£53,023 | £41,000 20 m² · mid spec refurb range £33,000–£50,000 |
+£12,023 | 0% (46) |
| Two-storey extension Roughly 14 m² on each of two floors. ~28 m² |
£74,232 | £105,000 28 m² · mid spec new build range £84,000–£126,000 |
−£30,768 | 0% (66) |
| Garage, annexe or outbuilding Detached space is worth less per m² than main-house floor area. ~18 m² |
£28,632 | £67,500 18 m² · mid spec new build range £54,000–£81,000 |
−£38,868 | 0% (199) |
Two things it cannot see. First, it prices floor area at the local average rate — it doesn't know your plot, your roof, your outlook, or whether an extension is physically possible; nor whether your street has a ceiling price that no amount of extending beats. Second, the rate comes from asking prices of other properties currently for sale, because the Isle of Man's sold register records no floor areas at all — so it reflects what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
The obvious alternative method is worse, which is why it isn't used here: comparing a typical 3-bed with a typical 4-bed suggests a bedroom is worth around £430,000 island-wide. It isn't — a 4-bed is generally a bigger house on a bigger plot, so that figure measures the mix of what's for sale, not the value of adding a room.
Before spending anything, get a builder's quote and talk to an architect — what work of this kind actually gets approved here shows how often applications like yours succeed, and on what grounds the refusals go.
Building work on this property
Same estimate model this site uses on its planning pages (UK cost ranges with the Isle of Man's 18% uplift) — a rough starting point, not a quote. Always get quotes from an Isle of Man builder before budgeting.
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Sale history
No prior sale found in the Isle of Man property register for this address.
Planning history
| Application | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 21/01490/B | Infill extension to rear of house together with new patio area | Permitted Look up 21/01490/B on the official register |
Matched by house name/street and parish against Isle of Man planning applications decided between 4 Jan 2011 and 29 Dec 2023 (the government published no 2017 files, so that year is absent) — coverage is partial and not a unique-ID lookup. No bare decision date is available in this data, so the application number (which embeds its year) is shown instead. Where a "Worked on by" name appears, it's a known architect or surveyor cross-referenced by the same application number — worth a call before commissioning a fresh survey.
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Estimated cost of live planning permissions
Isle of Man planning permissions lapse 3 years after grant if unbuilt; these applications fall inside that window and were not refused, so they are presumptively still capable of being implemented.
- 21/01490/B — Single-storey extension
£53,100–£88,500Infill extension to rear of house together with new patio area
The work type shown is inferred automatically from the wording of the planning application's own description — it isn't stated by the applicant. The base cost range comes from published UK national renovation/build-cost guides for that type of project, with an 18% uplift for the Isle of Man. That uplift is not a guess: AtkinsRealis's July 2026 interim report for the Isle of Man Treasury puts Manx construction costs 18% above the UK average — joint 16th most expensive place to build on the BCIS rankings, comparable with Outer London — driven by imported materials with no local competition and a shortage of skilled trades. Figures exclude VAT at 20% and professional fees, typically 12–18%. These figures are indicative only, not a quote: actual cost depends on specification, finish, ground conditions and the contractor. For anything serious, get a quote from a local quantity surveyor or builder.