The Laurels, Arncliffe Rise, Oldham, OL4 2LZ

The Laurels is a six-bedroom detached house in Oldham (OL4 2LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 395 m² (around 4249 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 395 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1999–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £812,000 sits 64% above the 2010 sale of £495,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 20.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.