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Buying at OL7 9AP

Before you offer on a home at OL7 9AP: 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.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £117k. In Ashton Waterloo.

3 clear£117k typical on Oldham Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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).
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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A6140, 650 m awayAbout 18,314 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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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.
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Gigabit broadband94% 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?

£117ktypical sale on Oldham Road, last 10 years

£2,400typical price per m² in Ashton Waterloo

£1,120–£1,700per m² for homes at OL7 9AP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,400 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £216k. Homes at OL7 9AP have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Ashton Waterloo

Ashton Waterloo

+105% 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	12	£270k	£200k – £440k
Semi-detached	55	£235k	£110k – £376k
Terraced	49	£180k	£102k – £285k
Flat	5	£106k	£100k – £125k

Standard sales in Ashton Waterloo. 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

19sales on Oldham Road in the last two years

121sales in Ashton Waterloo in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at OL7 9AP

Home	Last sold	Floor area
232, Oldham RoadSemi-detached	£310,000, Jun 2024	207 m²	Buyer's report →
234, Oldham RoadSemi-detached	£162,500, Oct 2019	111 m²	Buyer's report →
236, Oldham RoadSemi-detached	£137,500, May 2018	123 m²	Buyer's report →
240, Oldham RoadDetached	£65,000, Jan 2003	126 m²	Buyer's report →
242, Oldham RoadSemi-detached	£125,000, Jul 2011	–	Buyer's report →
246, Oldham RoadSemi-detached	£196,000, Sept 2021	115 m²	Buyer's report →
248, Oldham RoadSemi-detached	£158,000, Aug 2021	130 m²	Buyer's report →
250, Oldham RoadTerraced	£77,000, Jun 2013	123 m²	Buyer's report →
252, Oldham RoadSemi-detached	£22,500, Mar 1996	188 m²	Buyer's report →
256, Oldham Road

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Buying at OL7 9AP

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £117k. In Ashton Waterloo.

3 clear£117k typical on Oldham Road

Before you make an offer

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

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A6140, 650 m awayAbout 18,314 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

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

Gigabit broadband94% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£117ktypical sale on Oldham Road, last 10 years

£2,400typical price per m² in Ashton Waterloo

£1,120–£1,700per m² for homes at OL7 9AP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,400 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £216k. Homes at OL7 9AP have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Ashton Waterloo, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£110k	£107k	£680 a month	7.4%
2 beds	£183k	£160k	£890 a month	5.8%
3 beds	£227k	£189k	£1,050 a month	5.6%
4+ beds	£314k	£259k	£1,350 a month	5.2%
All homes	£209k	£176k	£920 a month	5.3%

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