229a, Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7HN

229a is a semi-detached house in Oxford (OX2 7HN). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good.

Today's modelled estimate of £707,000 is 78.9% below the 2022 sale of £3,350,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,530/sq ft) was about 1340.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2021. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold February 2022 for £3,350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.