1 Dawn Street, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8NZ
About 1 Dawn Street
1 Dawn Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shaw, Oldham, Oldham (OL2 8NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.
Held since June 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £141,000 sits 291.7% above the 1996 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 51% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Dawn Street has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
1 Dawn Street's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£141,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£36,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 June 1996Most recent
£36,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in OL2 8NZ: £66,975 (2020–2001).
Everything we know about 1 Dawn Street, in one report
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Dawn Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
East Crompton St James CofE Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB