4 Vicarage Gardens, Cropredy, Banbury, OX17 1PJ

4 Vicarage Gardens is a detached house in Cropredy, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 1PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £325,000 is 23.5% below the 2022 sale of £425,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£416/sq ft) was about 100.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (153 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £425,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.