Pond Cottage, The Green, Warmington, Banbury, OX17 1BU

Pond Cottage is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Warmington, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 120 m² it sits well below the postcode median (207 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £530,000 in October 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£410/sq ft) was about 31.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.