56 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DG

56 Park Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Abingdon (OX14 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–166 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 5 units on file.

Held since January 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 sits 70.8% above the 2002 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 36.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.