1 Bourne Close, Oxford, OX2 8NH

1 Bourne Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Oxford (OX2 8NH). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a loft.

Held since May 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £467,000 sits 112.3% above the 2006 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 29.4% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.