Hey Bank Cottage, Grains Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5RN

Hey Bank Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Delph, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5RN). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (115 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£413/sq ft) was about 51.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £239,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.