7 Cardwell Crescent, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7QE

7 Cardwell Crescent is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Headington, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 7QE). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Held since November 1995 — that's 31 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. At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £587,000 sits 652.6% above the 1995 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 76.1% below the postcode norm.