4 Doctor House Fold, Doctor Lane, Scouthead, Oldham, OL4 3RY
About 4 Doctor House Fold
4 Doctor House Fold is a semi-detached house in Scouthead, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 3RY). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (112 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £169,000 in December 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 is 33.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 226.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
4 Doctor House Fold sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 Doctor House Fold has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
4 Doctor House Fold has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£225,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 19 years.
£169,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
13 December 2019Most recent
£169,000
+7.0%over 3 years5 February 2016
£158,000
+1.9%over 8 years28 July 2007
£155,000
+124.6%over 6 years17 May 2001
£69,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in OL4 3RY: £125,000 (2016–2001).
Versus other Doctor Lane homes
EPC Rating for 4 Doctor House Fold lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 135 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Doctor Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Knowsley Junior School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB







