4 Bateson Drive, Springhead, Oldham, OL4 4NZ

4 Bateson Drive is a semi-detached house in Springhead, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 sits 260.2% above the 1997 sale of £68,300. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 43.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.