17 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AH

17 Gainsborough Avenue is an end-of-terrace house in Oldham (OL8 1AH). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 is 33.3% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 152.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.