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Get startedMaycroft is a semi-detached house in Childrey, Wantage, Wantage (OX12 9XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,562/sq ft) was about 462.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer was January 2025 at £740,000 — fresh data. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension to provide granny annex.
Maycroft valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£729,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 10 years.
£740,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 10 years.
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On habitable rooms, Maycroft runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£16,818
Street avg £4,962
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water system changed
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16 January 2025Most recent
£740,000
+41.0%over 9 years11 January 2016
£525,000
+1.0%over 1 year3 October 2014
£520,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX12 9XQ: £750,000 (2025–2021).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
OX12 9QE
The Hatchet — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB