5 Minchery Farm Cottages, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4YY
About 5 Minchery Farm Cottages
5 Minchery Farm Cottages is a semi-detached house in Littlemore, Oxford, Oxford (OX4 4YY). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in August 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 85 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 sits 171.6% above the 2008 sale of £109,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£119/sq ft) was about 58.9% below the postcode norm.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
5 Minchery Farm Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Minchery Farm Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
23applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 5 Minchery Farm Cottages
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Minchery Farm Cottages was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£296,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£109,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 August 2008Most recent
£109,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX4 4YY: £255,000 (2023–2012).
Everything we know about 5 Minchery Farm Cottages, 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
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
Price per m² for 5 Minchery Farm Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,282
Street avg £3,481
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 3.1 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
0.3 km
Carpenter Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
The Oxford Academy. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB