5 Meadow Drive, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, OX17 2PT

5 Meadow Drive is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2PT). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–126 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£600/sq ft) was about 88.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £239,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.