51 Harefields, Oxford, OX2 8HG

51 Harefields is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Oxford (OX2 8HG). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £605,000 is 10% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 62% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £550,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.