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Buying at OL3 5PD

Before you offer on a home at OL3 5PD: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £360k. In Diggle, Delph & Denshaw.

1 to check4 clear£360k typical on Lower Knoll Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: landslides significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
Note
Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
Note
1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
Note
Busy road: A670, 600 m awayAbout 1,411 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 42 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£360ktypical sale on Lower Knoll Road, last 10 years

£3,259typical price per m² in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw

£2,650–£4,440per m² for homes at OL3 5PD sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,259 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £293k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw

Diggle, Delph & Denshaw

+73% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	47	£565k	£250k – £958k
Semi-detached	25	£360k	£100k – £485k
Terraced	51	£273k	£80k – £550k
Flat	21	£180k	£112k – £230k

Standard sales in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

0sales on Lower Knoll Road in the last two years

144sales in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at OL3 5PD

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Lower Knoll RoadDetached	£248,000, Apr 2017	81 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Lower Knoll RoadDetached	£360,000, Nov 2021	81 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Lower Knoll RoadSemi-detached	£167,000, Aug 2013	68 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Lower Knoll RoadTerraced	£10,000, Apr 1996	–	Buyer's report →
7, Lower Knoll RoadSemi-detached	£180,000, Aug 2018	68 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Lower Knoll RoadDetached	£250,000, Apr 2014	–	Buyer's report →
9, Lower Knoll RoadDetached	£104,000, Sept 1996	125 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Lower Knoll RoadDetached	£247,450, Jun 2006	–	Buyer's report →
15, Lower Knoll RoadDetached	£175,000, Apr 2002	–	Buyer's report →
17, Lower Knoll RoadTerraced

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Buying at OL3 5PD

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £360k. In Diggle, Delph & Denshaw.

1 to check4 clear£360k typical on Lower Knoll Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: landslides significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Busy road: A670, 600 m awayAbout 1,411 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 42 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£360ktypical sale on Lower Knoll Road, last 10 years

£3,259typical price per m² in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw

£2,650–£4,440per m² for homes at OL3 5PD sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,259 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £293k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£181k	£145k	£780 a month	5.2%
2 beds	£237k	£196k	£1,000 a month	5.1%
3 beds	£340k	£276k	£1,270 a month	4.5%
4+ beds	£556k	£448k	£1,750 a month	3.8%
All homes	£341k	£234k	£1,150 a month	4.0%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places