Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Fairway Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Culworth, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2BD). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 142 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Fairway Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 11 February 2032
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Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
5 applications on record at Fairway Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD
Extend tiled roof over back door to create lobby. Demolish construction at rear of property. Replace two windows in rear elevation. Changes to the internal layout.
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Fairway Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 26 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 26 years.
7 July 2022Most recent
£525,000
+100.4%over 4 years21 December 2017
£262,000
+174.3%over 21 years17 October 1996
£95,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 2BD: £263,000 (2025–2020).
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Fairway Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,697
Street avg £3,406
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
50/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Culworth Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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