245a, Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7HN

245a is a semi-detached house in Oxford (OX2 7HN). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 95 m² this is the 16th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–161 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in March 1999. 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 £681,000 sits 123.5% above the 1999 sale of £304,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 69.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 95 m² it's 19.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 24 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs).