5 Bettina Crescent, Banbury, OX16 1FH

5 Bettina Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Banbury (OX16 1FH). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2011); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £324,000 is 29.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£250/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.