2 Fairbank Farm Cottages, Lee Cross, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JX

2 Fairbank Farm Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Diggle, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5JX). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 109), a 4-band jump.

Held since July 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 78 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 sits 71.3% above the 2010 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 20% below the postcode norm.