Sold STC Semi-detached

30 WISBECH ROAD

BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE OX26 1FX

2 beds 1 baths 614 sq ft Listed 6 Apr 2024 (-788d)

£325,000

Reduced on 9 Jul 2024

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Floor area

57 m²

Council tax band

C

EPC rating

B

Last sold

£320,000 Oct 2024

Price per m²

£5,702/m²

Local average

£355,845 (-8.7%)

Street crime

108 incidents within 1 mile (Mar 2026)

Key features

  • No Onward Chain
  • Built by Barratt Homes in 2023
  • 9 Year NHBC Warranty
  • Upgraded Kitchen
  • Fully Landscaped Garden
  • Driveway Parking
  • Service Charge of £170 Per Annum

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes

Description

The property comprises entrance hall, cloakroom, living room, kitchen with fully fitted appliances and doors to rear garden. To first floor there are two double bedrooms bedrooms & family bathroom, with off road parking for two vehicles and front & rear gardens.The property is superbly located within easy reach of the historic market town of Bicester. The area has an excellent range of sporting, social and recreational opportunities alongside the world famous Bicester Village Retail Park. Public transport links are fantastic, with Park & Ride to Oxford, four trains per hour to London Marylebone with a journey time of 50 minutes and to Oxford within circa 15 minutes. The property is well-located with shops, doctors and schools nearby. Transport links are nearby with easy access to the A40, M40 and A41.

Listed by

Oxford

Cherry Picked Residential

Reference: 146517764

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

Current rating: B

Potential rating: A

Inspection date: 15/03/2023

Current heating cost: £326/year

Potential heating cost: £326/year

Est. upgrade cost to C: £9,500

Recommendations

  • Solar water heating (£4,000 - £6,000)
  • Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£3,500 - £5,500)

View full EPC on gov.uk

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

Floorplan 1

Floorplan 1

EPC Graphs

Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Performance Certificate

Price history

Event Date Price % change
Sold 29/10/2024 (1 year ago) £320,000 —

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
111 LUDLOW ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1EU £445,000 28/03/2025 Semi-detached
Same street 23 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £475,000 01/12/2023 Detached
Same street 17 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £224,239 23/11/2023 Semi-detached
54 LUDLOW ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1EU £399,950 25/05/2023 Semi-detached
107 LUDLOW ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1EU £490,000 10/01/2023 Semi-detached
Same street 3 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £368,000 16/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 1 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £344,350 16/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 12 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £191,151 14/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 10 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £191,151 14/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 8 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £191,151 14/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 6 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £191,151 14/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 4 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £191,151 14/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 14 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £191,151 14/12/2022 Terraced
Same street 2 WISBECH ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FX £191,151 14/12/2022 Terraced
6 CROXTON SQUARE, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FD £529,950 06/12/2022 Semi-detached
7 CROXTON SQUARE, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FD £519,950 30/11/2022 Semi-detached
68 LUDLOW ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1EU £405,000 24/11/2022 Semi-detached
16 BISHOP ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FT £433,995 28/10/2022 Semi-detached
1 LEWES CLOSE, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FS £263,572 26/10/2022 Semi-detached
4 WHITCLIFFE CLOSE, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FR £405,000 14/10/2022 Semi-detached
4 HEATON ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FH £409,000 30/09/2022 Semi-detached
28 HEATON ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FH £437,500 26/09/2022 Semi-detached
6 BUXTON CLOSE, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FG £500,000 31/08/2022 Semi-detached
8 BUXTON CLOSE, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FG £505,000 31/08/2022 Semi-detached
16 HEATON ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FH £420,000 26/08/2022 Semi-detached
26 HEATON ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FH £427,500 26/08/2022 Semi-detached
89 KEMPTON CLOSE, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1AD £395,000 24/06/2022 Semi-detached
4 BISHOP ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FT £369,995 24/05/2022 Semi-detached
34 KNIGHTON WAY, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FJ £375,000 20/05/2022 Semi-detached
12 BISHOP ROAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FT £274,995 29/04/2022 Semi-detached
2 HARDMEAD, BICESTER, CHERWELL, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 1FW £437,600 29/04/2022 Semi-detached

Street average: £249,968 (11 sales)

Area average: £422,200 (20 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth 9.6%
10y growth 17.9%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Cherwell. Series: Semi-detached. As of March 2026.

1y (index) 2.7%
5y (index) 19.2%
10y (index) 27.4%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Cherwell. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £1,160/mo
Realistic £1,289/mo
Optimistic £1,418/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Cherwell.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Cherwell Valley: £947/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Map view View on Google Maps View on OpenStreetMap Street View OX26 1FX

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Bus stop Unknown 0.1 miles
Bus stop Primary School 0.1 miles
Shop Premier 0.4 miles
Shop Tesco Express 0.4 miles
Hospital Bicester Community Hospital 1.0 miles
Train station Bicester North 1.4 miles
Train station Bicester Village 1.4 miles
Hospital Brackley Medical Centre & Community Hospital 9.9 miles
University Mount Pleasant Campus 10.4 miles
University Vinson Building 10.6 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Violence and sexual offences 42
Shoplifting 20
Criminal damage and arson 9
Anti-social behaviour 8
Other theft 8
Public order 6
Vehicle crime 6
Drugs 4
Burglary 2
Bicycle theft 1
Other crime 1
Theft from the person 1
Total incidents 108

Within 1 mile during Mar 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Good — 14 Mar 2013
King's Meadow Primary School Primary 0.7 miles Good — 26 Jun 2015
St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School Primary 0.7 miles Good — 11 Jan 2017
Bruern Abbey School Other 0.8 miles — (No rating)
Whitelands Academy Secondary 0.9 miles Good — 16 Mar 2023

Rental Comparables

Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.

Title Rent Beds Distance As seen on
2 Bed Terraced House, Richmond Road, OX26 £1,350/mo 2 0.15 miles OpenRent
2 Bed Flat, Kempton Close, OX26 £1,450/mo 2 0.3 miles OpenRent
2 Bed End Terrace, Ascot Way, OX26 £1,500/mo 2 0.38 miles OpenRent
2 Bed Detached House, Sedgefield, OX26 £1,300/mo 2 0.46 miles OpenRent
2 Bed Terraced House, Stratford Way, OX26 £1,600/mo 2 0.54 miles OpenRent

Average rent: £1,440/mo (5 listings)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.45%
Max investor price (0.8%) £181,250
Target investor price (1%) £145,000
Gross yield 5.4%
Cost-to-rent ratio 18.7×
Monthly cashflow £0/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term
Cash-on-cash ROI 0%
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
  • Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
  • Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
  • ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).