7 Marshall Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2NP

7 Marshall Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Cowley, Oxford, Oxford (OX4 2NP). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in April 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £559,000 sits 128.2% above the 2007 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 48.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.