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.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 19 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. Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. 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 50.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.