Cygnet Court, Flat 24, Caldecott Road, Abingdon, OX14 5ET

Cygnet Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Abingdon (OX14 5ET). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 24th smallest of 51 units on EPC record in Cygnet Court, where floor areas span 36–75 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 51 units on file.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 is 19.3% below the 2022 sale of £140,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 41.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Sold June 2022 for £140,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.