Badgers Barn, Beech Lane, Grasscroft, Oldham, OL4 4EP

Badgers Barn is a four-bedroom detached house in Grasscroft, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4EP). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in November 2019 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 166 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (200 m² median across 14 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £696,000 is 22.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 57.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £570,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.