Icknield House, Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG

Icknield House is a detached house in East Hendred, Wantage, Wantage (OX12 8LG). It has a recorded floor area of 263 m² (around 2831 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,235,000 sits 54.4% above the 2007 sale of £800,000. At 263 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.