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Get started2 Mays Cottages is a detached house in Ewelme, Wallingford, Wallingford (OX10 6QF). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 111), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (67 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £595,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Installation of domestic air source heat pump to replace oil boiler.(additional information submitted to determine noise levels, received 31st July 2023)
Price for 2 Mays Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£594,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 25 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 25 years.
2 Mays Cottages is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
31 m²
Street avg 68 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation upgraded
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Application for retrospective permission for conversion of garage barn to ancillary residential accommodation / annexe
1 more application for this property
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21 June 2021Most recent
£595,000
+8.2%over 4 years8 July 2016
£550,000
+574.8%over 20 years20 June 1996
£81,500
OX10 6LR
Mays Farm Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
RAF Benson Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB
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