Wyatt Cottage, Main Street, Charlton, Banbury, OX17 3DP

Wyatt Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Charlton, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 3DP). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (138 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 11 years ago, in January 2015. Across the public record there are 8 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 is 36% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 85.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.