8 Rickyard Close, Oxford, OX1 2RE

8 Rickyard Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Oxford (OX1 2RE). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good.

Held since September 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £564,000 sits 227% above the 1998 sale of £172,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£182/sq ft) was about 36.7% below the postcode norm. At 88 m² it's 19.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 12 EPCs).