Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
16 French Laurence Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Chalgrove, Oxford, Oxford (OX44 7YE). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
It changed hands recently, sold April 2026 for £515,000. Across 2019–2026, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£509/sq ft) was about 80% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 14 March 2029
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16 French Laurence Way has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
16 French Laurence Way saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£541,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.5% per year over 7 years.
£515,000
Growth on file: 2.5% per year over 7 years.
16 April 2026Most recent
£515,000
-2.8%over 3 years20 April 2022
£530,000
+21.8%over 2 years22 May 2019
£435,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX44 7YE: £465,000 (2025–2016).
20 French Laurence Way, Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7YE
Sold Jun 2025
17 French Laurence Way, Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7YE
Sold Mar 2025
4 French Laurence Way, Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7YE
Sold Sept 2020
11 French Laurence Way, Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7YE
Sold Jun 2016
1 French Laurence Way, Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7YE
Sold Jun 2016
Price per m² for 16 French Laurence Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,479
Street avg £4,027
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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
0.2 km
Church Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Chalgrove Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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