1a, Marshall Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2NP

1a is a seven-bedroom detached house in Cowley, Oxford, Oxford (OX4 2NP). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 116 m² it's 16% larger than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 9 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £604,000 is 34.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 113.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in February 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.