16 Belvedere Road, Oxford, OX4 2AZ

16 Belvedere Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Oxford (OX4 2AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2025) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good.

Held since July 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £811,000 sits 116.3% above the 2009 sale of £375,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, a conservatory and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.