Vale Cottage, Oldham Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5RQ
About Vale Cottage
Vale Cottage is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Delph, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 114), a 3-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £184,000 sits 53.3% above the 2021 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 24.2% below the postcode norm. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (159 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £120,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Vale Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Vale Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£184,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 October 2021Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5RQ: £400,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in OL3 5RQ
2 Cross Keys Inn, Oldham Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5RQ
Sold May 2022
£475,0003 Cross Keys Inn, Oldham Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5RQ
Sold Mar 2022
£400,0001 Cross Keys Inn, Oldham Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5RQ
Sold Feb 2022
£415,250Springfield House, Oldham Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5RQ
Sold Feb 2021
£385,000Cross Keys Cottage, Oldham Road, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5RQ
Sold Sept 2016
£320,000
Everything we know about Vale 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 Oldham Road homes
On floor area, Vale Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £2,611
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Oldham Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB