The Lodge, Flat 5, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF

The Lodge is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxford (OX1 5DF). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (57 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £130,000. 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 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 is 35.4% above the 2022 sale price.