Lydgate Fold, Flat 6, Stockport Road, Lydgate, Oldham, OL4 4JL

Lydgate Fold is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lydgate, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4JL). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 524 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 49 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Lydgate Fold (49–122 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 39). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (October 2009) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Oldham HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 is 45.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 47.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On the market in February 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.