Cobblers Cottage, Chapel Lane, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3LY

Cobblers Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Adderbury, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 3LY). It has a recorded floor area of 232 m² (around 2497 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2021) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 100). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 232 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 9 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. Across 1999–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £990,000 sits 51.4% above the 2011 sale of £654,000. 10 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in August 2011.