1 Scotsgrove Cottages, Scotsgrove, Thame, OX9 3RY
About 1 Scotsgrove Cottages
1 Scotsgrove Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Scotsgrove, Thame, Thame (OX9 3RY). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sold January 2023 for £575,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 115 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 20.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDouble
- Summer houseYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Scotsgrove Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Oct 2013ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing rear conservatory. Replacement with a single storey rear extension with lantern rooflight. (amendment to 12/00964/APP)
ExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/02361/APP
- Jul 2013AmendmentIn report
Non Material Amendment sought on planning permission 12/00964/APP with regards to creation of a parapet around the flat roof to hide the lantern light and allow hidden guttering.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/A0964/NON
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Scotsgrove Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£561,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 22 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
30 January 2023Most recent
£575,000
+30.7%over 4 years19 November 2018
£440,000
+64.8%over 12 years30 July 2006
£267,000
+57.1%over 5 years2 March 2001
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX9 3RY: £432,500 (2025–2018).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
1 Scotsgrove Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £5,822
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Scotsgrove — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Barley Hill Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.6dB