54 Ambleside Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0AH

54 Ambleside Drive is a semi-detached house in Headington, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 0AH). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 11 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. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 sits 71% above the 2011 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 35.8% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in November 2011. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.