2 Cricket Road, Oxford, OX4 3DG
About 2 Cricket Road
2 Cricket Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Oxford (OX4 3DG). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 96 m² it's 18.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 21 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £453,000 is 18.4% above the 2021 sale price. Sold June 2021 for £382,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
- BalconyYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Jul 2022ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6.0m, for which the maximum height would be 3.4m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.4m.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01496/H42
- Mar 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Partial demolition of existing rear extension. Erection of single storey side and rear extension. Formation of 1no rear dormer in association with loft conversion. Insertion of 2no rooflights to front elevation and 1no rooflight to rear flat roof. Alterations to 2no windows on rear elevation.
Extension- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00036/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 2 Cricket Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£453,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£382,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 June 2021Most recent
£382,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX4 3DG: £425,000 (2025–2021).
Everything we know about 2 Cricket 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 Cricket Road homes
EPC Rating for 2 Cricket Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,984
Street avg £4,535
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
Howard Street east — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Frideswide Church of England Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB