The Furze, Fenny Compton Road, Claydon, Banbury, OX17 1HA

The Furze is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Claydon, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 1HA). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs. Other recorded features include notable views.

Held since September 1995 — that's 31 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 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 10 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 £333,000 sits 382.6% above the 1995 sale of £69,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 74.1% below the postcode norm.