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Get started23 Brookside Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Grotton, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4LH). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 71 m² it's 25.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 23 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 sits 80% above the 2014 sale of £140,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
23 Brookside Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Mar 2023
Erection of a front dormer
23 Brookside Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£252,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£140,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
23 Brookside Avenue is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£1,972
Street avg £2,398
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Brooklands Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Knowsley Junior School. 27 schools nearby.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Proposed rear dormer and front porch (Re-submission of app no. HH/338864/16)
1 more application for this property
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14 April 2014Most recent
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 4LH: £295,000 (2025–2024).
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
OL4 4PE
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB
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