49 Princes Street, Oxford, OX4 1DE
About 49 Princes Street
49 Princes Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Oxford (OX4 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 64 m² it's 18.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 27 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
49 Princes Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
49 Princes Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
63applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 49 Princes Street
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
49 Princes Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX4 1DE: £590,000 (2025–2021).
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Princes Street homes
On epc rating, 49 Princes Street runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
James Street east — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
East Oxford Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB