85 Park Avenue, Oswestry, SY11 1AX

85 Park Avenue is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Oswestry (SY11 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in December 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £137,000 sits 270.3% above the 1998 sale of £37,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 49.5% below the postcode norm. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.