26 Harold Street, Oldham, OL9 6BB
About 26 Harold Street
26 Harold Street is a mid-terrace house in Oldham (OL9 6BB). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 sits 185% above the 2019 sale of £40,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2019 at £40,000.
Energy performance
26 Harold Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
26 Harold Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 26 Harold Street, Oldham, OL9 6BB
- May 2024ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- HOU/352552/24
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Sales history & valuation
26 Harold Street's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£114,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 17 years.
£40,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
25 April 2019Most recent
£40,000
-20.0%over 11 years30 March 2008
£50,000
+127.3%over 6 years2 November 2001
£22,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in OL9 6BB: £31,929 (1999–1999).
Nearby sales in OL9 6BB
Versus other Harold Street homes
26 Harold Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 74 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Middleton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Westwood Academy. 56 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.5dB







