Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
12 Bowmens Lea is a semi-detached house in Aynho, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £434,000 is 11.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 30.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £390,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.
12 Bowmens Lea sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 26 May 2031
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Latest sale on 12 Bowmens Lea was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£434,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 25 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 25 years.
28 September 2021Most recent
£390,000
+393.7%over 25 years22 May 1996
£79,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 3AG: £232,000 (2025–2016).
10 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold May 2025
11 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Dec 2019
15 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Dec 2019
14 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Mar 2016
4 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Oct 2014
12 Bowmens Lea is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,391
Street avg £2,884
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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Nearest stop
0.1 km
Grammar School — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Croughton All Saints CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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