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Get started54 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.
54 Ambleside Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Outline application (seeking siting and means of access only) for subdivision of rear gardens and erection of chalet bungalow. (52 and 54 Ambleside Drive)
54 Ambleside Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£530,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£310,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
EPC Rating for 54 Ambleside Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,793
Street avg £4,796
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Ambleside Drive North — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Upgraded to gas central heating
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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8 November 2011Most recent
£310,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX3 0AH: £420,500 (2024–2020).
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Closest school
0.3 km
New Marston Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.2dB
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