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About Penny Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Penny Cottage is a semi-detached house in Beckley, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 9UT). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Oxford HPI: 5.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Last sale on file: £820,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Penny Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D58
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for Penny Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£899,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 28 years.
Last sold (2022)
£820,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Church Street homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for Penny Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,655
Street avg £4,678
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 170 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Oxford district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
The Abingdon Arms — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX3 9UT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 12 points of interest in total.
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