10 Dumfries Drive, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5SG
About 10 Dumfries Drive
10 Dumfries Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Denshaw, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5SG). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (115 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £262,000 is 17.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 71.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £222,500 in March 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 10 Dumfries Drive.
- Jul 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
- Agent
- JPL Design And Construct
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/338473/16
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- 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.
£262,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 8 years.
£222,500
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2022Most recent
£222,500
+93.5%over 8 years23 December 2013
£115,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in OL3 5SG: £123,000 (2011–2002).
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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 Dumfries Drive homes
10 Dumfries Drive is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 102 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Junction Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Christ Church CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB