2a, Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG

2a is a two-bedroom detached house in Oxford (OX2 9EG). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £833,000 sits 113.6% above the 2002 sale of £390,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£178/sq ft) was about 44.9% below the postcode norm.