Middle Holly Grove Cottage, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW

Middle Holly Grove Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Diggle, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5JW). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (184 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£572/sq ft) was about 98.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £400,000 in November 2024.