5 Butler Close, Oxford, OX2 6JG

5 Butler Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Oxford (OX2 6JG). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on electricity. At 56 m² this is the 19th smallest of 52 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–59 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since May 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £388,000 sits 351.2% above the 1995 sale of £86,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 63.9% below the postcode norm.