Empress Court, Apartment 36, Woodin S Way, Oxford, OX1 1HF

Empress Court is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Oxford (OX1 1HF). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band F. At 138 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Empress Court (45–138 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 85). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 28 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 2005–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£673/sq ft) was about 51.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2019 at £1,000,000.