6 Drove Acre Road, Oxford, OX4 3DF
About 6 Drove Acre Road
6 Drove Acre Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Oxford (OX4 3DF). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sold January 2019 for £402,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£526/sq ft) was about 65.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 13 EPCs).
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 6 Drove Acre Road.
- Dec 2021ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application to certify that the proposed single storey rear extension is lawful development.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/03023/CPU
- Nov 2004ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey kitchen extension
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 04/02118/PDC
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 6 Drove Acre Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 6 Drove Acre Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£436,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 22 years.
£402,000
Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
17 January 2019Most recent
£402,000
+43.6%over 6 years3 February 2012
£280,000
+7.7%over 3 years25 August 2008
£260,000
+333.7%over 12 years8 August 1996
£59,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX4 3DF: £460,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in OX4 3DF
Everything we know about 6 Drove Acre Road, 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
Versus other Drove Acre Road homes
EPC Rating for 6 Drove Acre Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,662
Street avg £4,230
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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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
Magdalen Road east — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Frideswide Church of England Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB