8 Appletree Close, Oxford, OX4 7GP

8 Appletree Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Oxford (OX4 7GP). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. At 48 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (48–75 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 48 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: July 2019 at £325,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£629/sq ft) was about 180% above the typical sold price in the postcode.