Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
34 Hardy Street, Oldham, OL4 1DU
1 planning record
Estimated value
£128,000
- Since the 1998 sale (£22,000)+482%
- Against OL4 1DU's recent median (£64,000)+100%
Newest record on this page: June 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Mid terrace
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
72 m²
775 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 66
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About this valuation
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Our estimate
£128,000
- Against its 1998 sale (£22,000)+482%
- Against OL4 1DU's recent median (£64,000)+100%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for 34 Hardy Street is modelled from its 72 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in OL4 1DU. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
72 m² from the EPC lodged in August 2014
Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 1998
Recent sales in OL4 1DU
5 sales, median £64,000 (2025–2005)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: June 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 application | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
34 Hardy Street's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
Sales timeline
8 April 1998Most recent
£22,000
+46.7%over 3 years15 March 1995
£15,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 1DU: £64,000 (2025–2005).
What this page doesn't show
1 potential issue has already been flagged for 34 Hardy Street, Oldham, OL4 1DU. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
- Signs of HMO activity in the areaIn report
- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About 34 Hardy Street
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
34 Hardy Street is a mid-terrace house in Oldham (OL4 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2014. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in April 1998. Across 1995–1998, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 481.8% above the 1998 sale of £22,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 38.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 72 m² it's 29.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 17 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Aug 2024
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Aug 2014
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 12 August 2024
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 34 Hardy Street, Oldham, OL4 1DU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
34 Hardy Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 34 Hardy Street, Oldham, OL4 1DU
1decisions1extensions4documents5nearby
- Aug 2014ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension -Length: 5.6m,Maximum height: 3.7mHeight to eaves: 2.5m
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- PREX/335684/14
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Versus other Hardy Street homes
Four headline reads against 17 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On years held, 34 Hardy Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£306
Street avg £795
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Oldham district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bismark Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Horton Mill Community Primary School. 53 schools nearby.
Nearest schools
- Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolPrimary270m
- Greenhill AcademyPrimary307m
- Glodwick Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary426m
- Alexandra Park Junior SchoolPrimary634m
Nearest stops
- Bismark StreetBus stop179m
- Bismark StreetBus stop191m
- Hardy StreetBus stop220m
- Greengate StreetBus stop318m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences4 reports80%
- Vehicle Crime1 reports20%
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OL4 1DU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.5dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Victorian-eraMid-Terrace HouseEPC DPre-1919 build
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for 34 Hardy Street is modelled from its 72 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in OL4 1DU. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 2 sales are recorded for 34 Hardy Street. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for 34 Hardy Street was lodged in August 2014 at band D and expired in August 2024, so a new one is needed to sell or let. 2 certificates are on record, which shows how the home has changed.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 1 application is matched to 34 Hardy Street. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 5 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 53 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from OL4 1DU, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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