Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Manor Cottage is a detached house in Little Milton, Oxford, Oxford (OX44 7QB). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 138 m² it sits well below the postcode median (247 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £790,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £958,000 is 21.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£532/sq ft) was about 42.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Manor Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 30 May 2027
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Manor Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£958,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 19 years.
£790,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 19 years.
7 January 2021Most recent
£790,000
+5.3%over 3 years30 October 2017
£750,000
+11.1%over 4 years22 August 2013
£675,000
+100.0%over 12 years16 July 2001
£337,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX44 7QB: £585,000 (2022–2013).
Manor House, Church Hill, Little Milton, Oxford, OX44 7QB
Sold Jun 2022
South Lodge, Church Hill, Little Milton, Oxford, OX44 7QB
Sold Mar 2021
Churchgate, Church Hill, Little Milton, Oxford, OX44 7QB
Sold Dec 2015
Mill Barn, Church Hill, Little Milton, Oxford, OX44 7QB
Sold Dec 2014
Owl Barn, Church Hill, Little Milton, Oxford, OX44 7QB
Sold Nov 2012
EPC Rating for Manor Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,725
Street avg £4,978
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 318 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 20.8 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
23/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Old Chapel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Little Milton Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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