17 Harper Street, Oldham, OL8 1BB
About 17 Harper Street
17 Harper Street is a mid-terrace house in Oldham (OL8 1BB). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -11.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £136,000 sits 16710.9% above the 2022 sale of £809. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1/sq ft) was about 98.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 99 m² it's 23.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 36 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Sold February 2022 for £809. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
17 Harper Street's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jan 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 17 Harper Street, Oldham, OL8 1BB
- Dec 2020Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Part single storey and part two storey rear extension and attic conversion
Extension- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- HOU/345596/20
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Harper Street was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£136,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -11.8% per year over 27 years.
£809
Growth on file: -11.8% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
11 February 2022Most recent
£809
-96.5%over 26 years15 June 1995
£23,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL8 1BB: £126,000 (2025–2023).
Versus other Harper Street homes
Price per m² for 17 Harper Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8
Street avg £822
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Kennedy Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Coppice Primary Academy. 52 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB







