16 Sam Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5PU
About 16 Sam Road
16 Sam Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Diggle, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5PU). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last changed hands 10 years ago, in June 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £310,000 is 34.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 46.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 73 m² it's 20.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 9 EPCs).
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
- GarageIntegral
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Aug 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
16 Sam Road has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Apr 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension (Re-submission of HH/336391/15)
- Agent
- S. Ingram And Associates
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/336635/15
- Feb 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension
- Agent
- S. Ingram and Associates
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/336391/15
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 16 Sam Road
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£310,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 18 years.
£230,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
9 June 2016Most recent
£230,000
+142.1%over 14 years14 October 2001
£95,000
+21.0%over 1 year31 January 2000
£78,500
+13.9%over 1 year14 May 1998
£68,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5PU: £265,000 (2021–2019).
Nearby sales in OL3 5PU
Everything we know about 16 Sam Road, 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 Sam Road homes
16 Sam Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£3,151
Street avg £2,539
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.2 km
Carr Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Diggle School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB