4 Crown Mews, Abingdon, OX14 5DS

4 Crown Mews is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Abingdon (OX14 5DS). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. At 53 m² this is the 5th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–126 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since June 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. At 53 m² it's 19.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–1998, sale prices here grew 0% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 sits 270.3% above the 1998 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 56.6% below the postcode norm.