Pear Tree Cottage, Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP

Pear Tree Cottage is a detached house in Sulgrave, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2RP). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £816,000 sits 341.1% above the 1998 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 63.3% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.