4 Starting Chair, Doctor Lane, Scouthead, Oldham, OL4 4AD
About 4 Starting Chair
4 Starting Chair is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Scouthead, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 610 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £221,380 in November 2024. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 105.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
4 Starting Chair's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Sept 2019
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919 and is a listed building, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
4 Starting Chair has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Jul 2024RenovationHeritageIn report
Moving an internal stud wall 40cm and moving an internal door around the corner into a stud wall. Repurpose of the rooms upstairs so that the bathroom is moved to the middle room and the end room becomes a bedroom/study.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- LBC/352948/24
- Jul 2024RenovationHeritageIn report
Replace the front door like for like with a new one.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- LBC/352519/24
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£242,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 25 years.
£221,380
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
12 November 2024Most recent
£221,380
+47.6%over 4 years2 July 2020
£150,000
+9.5%over 3 years28 July 2016
£137,000
17 September 2012
£137,000
+132.9%over 12 years10 December 1999
£58,821
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 4AD: £215,000 (2021–2003).
Versus other Doctor Lane homes
On price per m², 4 Starting Chair stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,909
Street avg £2,127
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
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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
0.1 km
Doctor Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Knowsley Junior School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







