20 Forest Side, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LQ

20 Forest Side is a detached house in Kennington, Oxford, Oxford (OX1 5LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1328 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £464,000 sits 62.8% above the 2009 sale of £285,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£215/sq ft) was about 25.2% below the postcode norm.