1 Bankside Cottages, Box Tree Lane, Postcombe, Thame, OX9 7DR
About 1 Bankside Cottages
1 Bankside Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Postcombe, Thame, Thame (OX9 7DR). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Last sale on file: £600,000 in March 2021. 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 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 114.7% 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Bankside Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Jun 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Bankside Cottages has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£652,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.7% per year over 17 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 1.7% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2021Most recent
£600,000
+23.7%over 5 years14 April 2015
£485,000
+4.3%over 1 year30 May 2013
£465,000
+3.3%over 8 years30 June 2004
£450,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in OX9 7DR: £235,000 (2006–1996).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Salt Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Lewknor Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
61.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
54.8dB