36 Bowness Avenue, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0AL

36 Bowness Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Headington, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 0AL). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2018); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings.

At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 12 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £763,000 is 38.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £550,000 in March 2020.