24 Cardwell Crescent, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7QE

24 Cardwell Crescent is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Headington, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 7QE). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since February 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Oxford HPI: 11.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £617,000 sits 115% above the 2005 sale of £287,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 19.7% below the postcode norm. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2023. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.