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About 17 Bowness Avenue
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Bowness Avenue is a semi-detached house in Headington, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 0AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Held since January 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £518,000 sits 722.2% above the 1996 sale of £63,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 75.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D63
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 17 Bowness Avenue, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0AJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Dec 2002DemolitionFullGranted
Single storey · Rear of property
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 Bowness Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£518,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1996)
£63,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Bowness Avenue homes
Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On years held, 17 Bowness Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£724
Street avg £4,010
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bowness Avenue — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX3 0AJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB
Everything within walking distance
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