16 Arbury Banks, Chipping Warden, Banbury, OX17 1LU

16 Arbury Banks is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chipping Warden, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 1LU). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 98 m² it's 20.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 sits 57.7% above the 2009 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 31% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.