Birches Cottage, Oldham
Birches Cottage, Oldham
Description & Estimates
Birches Cottage, Oldham appears in the public record as a freehold house sitting on a 284 m2 plot.
By comparing it to nearby properties, we estimate it to be a period house with 1,784 ft2 of internal area and a garden.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms.
Our estimate of the sale value of Birches Cottage, Oldham is £648,851 and its rental estimate is £1,806 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Gellfield Lane, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 falls within the OL3 postal district, in the borough of Oldham.
Our Data Sources
Birches Cottage, Oldham has a single entry in the Land Registry from December 2021 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 2 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For Birches Cottage, Oldham, we estimate a market value of £681,294 and a rental value of £1,896 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £603,432 and £1,679 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, Birches Cottage, Oldham has seen its estimated sale value move up by £6,644 (1.0%) and its estimated rental value increase by £31 per month (1.7%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.3%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for Birches Cottage, Oldham as measuring 284 m2.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of Birches Cottage, Oldham completed on 17th December 2021 at £485,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 2.3% over the period since December 2021.
- Sold Dec 2021£485,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Birches Cottage, Oldham have sold within a radius of 1.3 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 7th March 2025, was 30, Springmeadow Lane, Oldham, OL3 6HL, a leasehold house which sold for £760,000.
Read more about house prices in OL3.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 8 addresses on Gellfield Lane, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3, Birches Cottage, Oldham comes out as the 6th largest and the 3rd most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £322k more expensive than the average property across the OL3 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 700mSt Chad's Church of England Primary School
- 1.5kmGreenfield Primary School
- 1.7kmGreenfield St Mary's CofE School
- 900mSaddleworth School
- 3.8kmMossley Hollins High School
- 5.2kmWaterhead Academy
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Public Transport Nearby
From Birches Cottage, Oldham, the nearest station is Greenfield, 1.7 kilometres away.
- 1.7kmGreenfield
- 4.8kmMossley (Manchester)
- 7.5kmMarsden (Yorks)
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
