Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Watermans Reach is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Oxford (OX1 4LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. At 67 m² this is the 17th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in Watermans Reach, where floor areas span 38–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since March 2011.
At 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£520/sq ft) was about 51.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £375,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Watermans Reach has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£392,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 10 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 10 years.
23 September 2021Most recent
£375,000
+38.9%over 10 years16 June 2011
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX1 4LQ: £370,000 (2023–2020).
Watermans Reach, Flat 11, Brook Street, Oxford, OX1 4LQ
Sold Apr 2023
Arthur Salter Court, Flat 11, 5 Brook Street, Oxford, OX1 4LQ
Sold Sept 2021
Watermans Reach, Flat 6, Brook Street, Oxford, OX1 4LQ
Sold Jul 2020
Watermans Reach, Flat 3, Brook Street, Oxford, OX1 4LQ
Sold Mar 2020
Arthur Salter Court, Flat 13, 5 Brook Street, Oxford, OX1 4LQ
Sold Feb 2020
Floor Area for Watermans Reach runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,597
Street avg £4,855
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 49 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
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Crime
286/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Whitehouse Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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