3 Onchan Avenue, Oldham, OL4 1BJ
About 3 Onchan Avenue
3 Onchan Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Oldham (OL4 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Held since January 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 sits 671.4% above the 2002 sale of £17,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£15/sq ft) was about 40.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 108 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 19 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
- Sept 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension forming kitchen and rear dormer extension
- Agent
- D. Heslop
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/053774/07
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Sales history & valuation
3 Onchan Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£135,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 3 years.
£17,500
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
28 January 2002Most recent
£17,500
-7.9%over 12 months7 February 2001
£19,000
+26.7%over 2 years3 September 1998
£15,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 1BJ: £88,000 (2024–2008).
Versus other Onchan Avenue homes
3 Onchan Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£162
Street avg £590
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Roundthorn Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Glodwick Infant and Nursery School. 48 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.2dB







