16 The Lows, Oldham, OL4 1AQ

16 The Lows is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Oldham (OL4 1AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2015) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 26.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 44.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 17.2% below the postcode norm.