136 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AL
About 136 Gainsborough Avenue
136 Gainsborough Avenue is an end-of-terrace house in Oldham (OL8 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
Held since October 1998 — that's 28 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. At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 sits 534.3% above the 1998 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£19/sq ft) was about 51.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
136 Gainsborough Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 136 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AL
- Sept 2016ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
1) Erection of a first floor rear extension 2) Erection of a rear dormer 3) Erection of a single storey side/rear extension
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/338347/16
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Sales history & valuation
136 Gainsborough Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£222,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£35,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 October 1998Most recent
£35,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL8 1AL: £145,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in OL8 1AL
138 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AL
Sold Jul 2024
£224,600152 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AL
Sold Jul 2023
£947140 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AL
Sold Nov 2016
£165,000133 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AL
Sold Aug 2015
£145,000154 Gainsborough Avenue, Oldham, OL8 1AL
Sold Sept 2012
£112,000
Versus other Gainsborough Avenue homes
136 Gainsborough Avenue is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£208
Street avg £760
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Gainsborough Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Coppice Primary Academy. 51 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.4dB







