What kind of home is 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD last sold for £108,850 in October 2011, around 15 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £44,000 in May 1999. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD appreciated in value?

Across 3 sales between May 1999 and October 2011, 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD rose from £44,000 to £108,850, a change of £64,850. That works out to roughly +7.6% per year compounded over 12 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

The current EPC rating for 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD is D with a score of 59 out of 100, lodged in December 2009. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (930 sq ft), around 29 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 17% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in OL4 4BD. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD use?

The latest EPC at 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD is in council tax band B. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Which area is 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD in?

27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD sits in Austerlands, Oldham, Oldham. It falls within the OL4 postcode district.

What is crime like near 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

Police records around 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD show an average of 1 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 80% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

The closest primary school to 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD is Knowsley Junior School (257m), one of 25 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Waterhead Academy (1.1km), with 2 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What transport links are near 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD?

The closest bus stop to 27 Brown Hill Drive, OL4 4BD is Three Crowns, 124m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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27 Brown Hill Drive, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 4BD

3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

86 m²

930 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 59

Council tax

Band B

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Overview

About 27 Brown Hill Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

27 Brown Hill Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Austerlands, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4BD). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 930 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 1999–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £198,000 sits 81.9% above the 2011 sale of £108,850. At 86 m² it's 16.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 17 EPCs). Last changed hands 15 years ago, in October 2011.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Dining roomYes

Outside

Private gardenFront and rear

Building

Central heatingYes
RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

27 Brown Hill Drive'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 03 Dec 2019

Current Certificate

Dec 2009

EPC Rating

D59

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

4.3 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 3 December 2019

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 27 Brown Hill Drive, Austerlands, Oldham, OL4 4BD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

27 Brown Hill Drive 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.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.

Current estimate

£198,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 12 years.

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Last sold (2011)

£108,850

Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 12 years.

Sales timeline

17 October 2011Most recent
£108,850
+5.2%
1 September 2011
£103,500
+135.2%over 12 years
27 May 1999
£44,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 4BD: £190,000 (2025–2018).

Nearby sales in OL4 4BD

On the street

Versus other Brown Hill Drive homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 27 Brown Hill Drive lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,260

Street avg £1,982

Strongly below

Floor Area

86 m²

Street avg 80 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

4.3 t/year

Street avg 3.9 t/year

Below

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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1 Beechfield, Grasscroft

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2 bed1 bath

£406k

1 Ash Grove, Springhead

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4 bed

Area

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.

Full Oldham report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

1/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Three Crowns — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Knowsley Junior School. 27 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OL4 4BD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for OL4 4BD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.7dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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