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Start with the current market in Watlington, Aston Rowant, its direction of travel and the mix of homes being sold. Use Compare, Save and Watch to narrow a shortlist.
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Median price
£495,000
Eligible sales · trailing 24 months
Per square metre
£5,114/m²
Matched sales · trailing 24 months
5-year change
-11.2%
Rolling 12-month medians, five years apart
From rolling peak
-13.4%
Against the highest rolling 12-month median
Market read
The median sale in Watlington, Aston Rowant (OX49) was £495,000, which works out at roughly £5,114 per square metre. That leaves the district 45.8% below its peak set in 2020. Floor area varies far more than room counts suggest: properties recorded with 10 habitable rooms — bedrooms and receptions together — range from 162 to 400 m² here. Transaction volumes are down 67% on the preceding period. At 10.2 times median local earnings, that is a demanding ratio by any measure.
Floor-area evidence
Repeat EPC records in this area usually report similar floor areas.
Among 392 dwellings with repeat EPCs in Watlington, Aston Rowant, the typical recorded floor-area range was 4%. This describes the consistency of repeated records, not the condition or value of an individual home.
Market signal
Each point is the median of sales in the three months ending that month.
Amber segments mark periods without enough data for a reliable median. The selected period remains complete.
Market shape
Lower-quarter price
£357,500
25% of recent eligible sales were below this
Median price
See headline
Same 24-month sale population
Upper-quarter price
£655,000
25% of recent eligible sales were above this
Property types
£760,000
£5,077/m²
£450,000
£5,156/m²
£345,000
£5,090/m²
Energy-rating evidence
These are matched-sale associations, not a valuation of energy efficiency. Each rating cell contains at least five sales.
£528,750
£5,080/m²
£285,000
£5,761/m²
£401,000
£5,100/m²
£550,000
£5,328/m²
Energy-transition evidence
This is the latest available EPC record for each identifiable certified dwelling, not a census of every home or an assessment of an individual property.
EPC sample
1,579
Latest certificate to 24 July 2026
Rated D–G
57%
Current EPC rating in the certificate sample
Potentially higher rating
77%
Potential EPC rating exceeds current rating
EPC potential values are modelled certificate outputs, not quotes for retrofit work, future bills, a value uplift or a letting/compliance conclusion. Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register domestic certificates.
The space signal
Property listings describe homes by bedroom count, but that is not recorded in any public dataset. What is recorded is the number of habitable rooms — bedrooms and reception rooms together — and the total floor area. In Watlington, Aston Rowant, homes with the same number of habitable rooms vary enormously in size.
| Habitable rooms | Smaller (10th) | Typical | Larger (90th) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 37 m² | 37 m² | 38 m² | 17 |
| 3 | 45 m² | 62 m² | 72 m² | 78 |
| 4 | 61 m² | 82 m² | 104 m² | 115 |
| 5 | 75 m² | 101 m² | 131 m² | 93 |
| 6 | 110 m² | 130 m² | 195 m² | 65 |
| 7 | 114 m² | 164 m² | 218 m² | 61 |
| 8 | 158 m² | 184 m² | 250 m² | 52 |
| 9 | 183 m² | 204 m² | 323 m² | 57 |
| 10 | 162 m² | 230 m² | 400 m² | 14 |
| 11 | 337 m² | 341 m² | 346 m² | 6 |
| 12 | 251 m² | 349 m² | 428 m² | 6 |
The widest spread here is among homes with 10 habitable rooms, ranging from 162 to 400 m². Two properties advertised the same way can differ by more than half their floor area, which is why price per square metre is a more useful comparison than price alone.
Data current to 4 June 2026.