Empress Court, Apartment 80, Woodin S Way, Oxford, OX1 1HG

Empress Court is a semi-detached house in Oxford (OX1 1HG). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 54 m² this is the 19th smallest of 40 units on EPC record in Empress Court, where floor areas span 40–105 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £355,000 in March 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£611/sq ft) was about 42% above the typical sold price in the postcode.