23 Bassett Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9PF

23 Bassett Road is a semi-detached house in Headington, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 9PF). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

Sale prices here have outpaced Oxford HPI: 17% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 78.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £430,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.