1 Charles Street, Oxford, OX4 3AU
About 1 Charles Street
1 Charles Street is a two-bedroom property in Oxford (OX4 3AU). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 698 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. At 65 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 59–124 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 32 units on file. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in September 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 sits 191.4% above the 1998 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 51.6% below the postcode norm. At 65 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 31 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Building
- Heating systemElectric
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Charles Street's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Aug 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2013ConversionOutlineIn report
Application to certify that proposed formation of dormer to rear roofslope and insertion of 2 x rooflight to front rooflsope is lawful.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/01223/CPU
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
1 Charles Street has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£105,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 September 1998Most recent
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX4 3AU: £508,700 (2024–2021).
Everything we know about 1 Charles Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Howard Street west — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Larkrise Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB