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97 St Helens Avenue, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6RU

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
98 m²
1055 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 42
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 97 St Helens Avenue

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

97 St Helens Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Benson, Wallingford, Wallingford (OX10 6RU). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 98 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (124 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 is 14.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£427/sq ft) was about 26.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £450,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms1
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

97 St Helens Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 97 St Helens Avenue, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6RU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

97 St Helens Avenue has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

6applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£515,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£450,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 19 September 2021Most recent

    £450,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OX10 6RU: £580,000 (2025–2022).

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On the street

Versus other St Helens Avenue homes

Four headline reads against 23 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

97 St Helens Avenue is notably below the street on epc rating.

Price per m²

£4,592

Street avg £4,191

Above

Floor Area

98 m²

Street avg 135 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

7.2 t/year

Street avg 5.9 t/year

Strongly below
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£494k

1 Ash Cottages, Little Stoke

OX10 6AY

3 bed1 bath
£545k

1 Buckners Close, Benson

OX10 6LR

3 bed1 bath
£574k

1 Chaucer Court, Ewelme

OX10 6HW

4 bed
£352k

1 Birmingham Yard, Benson

OX10 6SE

2 bed2 bath
£305k

1 Chiltern Close, Benson

OX10 6LG

2 bed1 bath
£667k

1 Bonners Mead, Benson

OX10 6EU

5 bed3 bath
£298k

1 Chapel Lane, Benson

OX10 6LU

1 bed1 bath
£534k

1 Britwell Road, Ewelme

OX10 6JA

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Wallingford district page.
Full Wallingford report

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

St Helens Crescent — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Benson Church of England Primary School. 9 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX10 6RU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for OX10 6RU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

51.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for OX10 6RU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

43.6dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 97 St Helens Avenue, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6RU. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.