27 Alma Road, Banbury, OX16 4RT

27 Alma Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Banbury (OX16 4RT). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity. At 76 m² this is the 24th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–104 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since August 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).