10 Arden Close, Drayton, Banbury, OX15 6EQ

10 Arden Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Drayton, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on lpg.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £537,000 is 10.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 29.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2020. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £485,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.