3 Spring Brow Cottages, Ladcastle Road, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5QT

3 Spring Brow Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Dobcross, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5QT). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £316,000 sits 66.3% above the 2013 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 19.2% below the postcode norm. On the market in February 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.