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Get startedMontana Cottage is a semi-detached house in Kingham, Chipping Norton, Chipping Norton (OX7 6YA). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £537,000 is 23.3% below the 2022 sale of £700,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£685/sq ft) was about 121.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. At 95 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 25 EPCs). Sold May 2022 for £700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Montana Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Erection of new gates.
Montana Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2010.
£537,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.6% per year over 12 years.
£700,000
Growth on file: 9.6% per year over 12 years.
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On years held, Montana Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,368
Street avg £5,465
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 161 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
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Addition of new timber gates to existing driveway.
2 more applications for this property
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11 May 2022Most recent
£700,000
+52.2%over 3 years14 September 2018
£460,000
+91.7%over 7 years15 September 2010
£239,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX7 6YA: £785,000 (2024–2021).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 12.8 t/year
OX7 6FB
Cozens Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Kingham Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB