Moor Cottage, Ripponden Road, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5UN

Moor Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Denshaw, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5UN). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views, a conservatory and outbuildings. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 124 m² it sits well below the postcode median (188 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £578,000 is 29.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 146.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £445,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.