26 Lowside Drive, Oldham, OL4 1AS

26 Lowside Drive is a semi-detached house in Oldham (OL4 1AS). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2015) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in December 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £214,000 sits 51.8% above the 2007 sale of £141,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.