Heyford House, Flat 2, 7 Merton Street, Banbury, OX16 4RP

Heyford House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Banbury (OX16 4RP). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 680 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 63 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Heyford House (41–63 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2000 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 63 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 13 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. Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 sits 211.8% above the 2000 sale of £46,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 43% below the postcode norm.