39 Thorpe Lane, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 3QW
About 39 Thorpe Lane
39 Thorpe Lane is a detached house in Austerlands, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 3QW). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
At 81 m² it's 27% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 75.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £275,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
39 Thorpe Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 25 November 2031
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Planning history
39 Thorpe Lane has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£298,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 23 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
12 October 2022Most recent
£275,000
+59.4%over 11 months15 November 2021
£172,500
+100.6%over 22 years8 July 1999
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 3QW: £342,500 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in OL4 3QW
59 Thorpe Lane, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 3QW
Sold Jan 2025
£342,50018 Thorpe Lane, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 3QW
Sold Dec 2023
£337,75055 Thorpe Lane, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 3QW
Sold Aug 2023
£372,00014 Thorpe Lane, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 3QW
Sold Nov 2020
£352,00024 Thorpe Lane, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 3QW
Sold Nov 2018
£205,000
Versus other Thorpe Lane homes
Price per m² for 39 Thorpe Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,395
Street avg £2,338
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Heywood Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Knowsley Junior School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB