Hillside Cottage, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY
About Hillside Cottage
Hillside Cottage is a detached house in Diggle, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5JY). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £770,000 is 13.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 26.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £680,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Hillside Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2014ExtensionFullIn report
1) Single storey front extension 2) Single storey side extension 3) First floor rear extension 4) Extension to existing garage
- Agent
- John Barnes - Architect
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/335139/14
- Sept 2010ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
1) Single storey front extension 2) Single storey side extension 2) Extension to existing garage
- Agent
- John Barnes - Architect
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/058472/10
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Hillside Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£770,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£680,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 August 2022Most recent
£680,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5JY: £210,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in OL3 5JY
7 Shaw Lee, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY
Sold Jun 2025
£210,0002 Shaw Lee, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY
Sold Mar 2025
£360,000Waterside Cottage, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY
Sold Aug 2024
£325,0006 Shaw Lee, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY
Sold Aug 2021
£190,0005 Shaw Lee, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY
Sold Aug 2017
£120,000
Everything we know about Hillside Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Kiln Green homes
Floor Area for Hillside Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,036
Street avg £2,903
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Sunfield Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Diggle School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB