5 Old Forge Close, Bledington, Chipping Norton, OX7 6XW

5 Old Forge Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bledington, Chipping Norton, Chipping Norton (OX7 6XW). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1643 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £712,000 is 31% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 32.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.