The Orchard, Lower Farm Lane, Mollington, Banbury, OX17 1BJ

The Orchard is a four-bedroom detached house in Mollington, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 200 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £931,000 is 45.5% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £640,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.