🏡Spacious Luxury⚜️Oxford & Science Vale💐

⚜️⚜️"BEST OF BOTH WORLDS"⚜️⚜️
⚜️⚜️15FT DOUBLE ROOM⚜️⚜️. SPACIOUS QUIET CLEAN 2 BATHROOM 3 BEDROOM HOME OXFORD METRO AREA 10 min centre Oxford, home to "oldest university English speaking world" and UK equivalent Silicon Valley, dynamic OXFORD SCIENCE VALE.

Currently my other guest has been working away last 2 months so when I'm at work 4 days a week or away weekends, you have WHOLE SPACIOUS HOME ALL TO YOURSELF!

⚜️⚜️OFFERING GENUINE HOSPITALITY- SPACIOUS ACCOMMODATION IN 'BEST OF BOTH WORLDS' IDEAL LOCATION- FASTER GETTING INTO CENTRE OXFORD FOR WORKING/SOCIALISING than most suburbs while RELAX EVENINGS/WEEKENDS away from Oxford's edgier side; HEART OF OXFORD SCIENCE VALE⚜️⚜️

⭐⭐AVOID OXFORD CONGESTION CHARGE-applies ALL Oxford residents COST £1300⚠️ 6 CHARGE POINTS THROUGHOUT CITY (INNER 3KM and key roads 7KM cutting off NORTH & EAST and EAST & SOUTH EAST (Cowley & Headington).
ONLY FROM 👍ABINGDON or 👍ABINGDON RD will drivers avoid CHARGE to main car park Westgate, just 250m of Carfax

⭐⭐WELCOME to my spacious refurbished 3 bedroom home, share occasionally w me. I work 4 days a week until late, away 1-2 weekends. My other guest's also away many weeknights managing projects and weekends. HOUSE EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET, OFTEN HAVE TO ONESELF😀 🎈🎉

⭐⭐Science says where choose to live is THE most important factor to HAPPINESS😅, HEALTH & WELLBEING🧎

⭐⭐A key question? Do you want PRIVACY & QUIET w an EXTRA SITTING ROOM and EXTRA FAMILY ROOM in spacious luxury green home w large ornate garden and all mod cons TO ENJOY, CHILL OUT & RELAX 7 DAYS A WEEK.

NO EXTRA 'HIDDEN HMO COSTS' CLEANING FOR EVERYONE to worry about, 'survive' in crowded stressful bedsit HMOs🥶 w no weekly cleaning of toilets, bathrooms, kitchen etc?

ADVANTAGES OF MY HOME OVER BEDSIT 'HMO' w 'PRESSURE COOKER ATMOSPHERE'😵‍💫; 6-12 people crammed on top of each other w their well known lack of privacy, noise, queuing 🥱for everything; weekends fleeing to escape stress😵; strangers appearing in house corridors; rosters cleaning all toilets, bathrooms & kitchen (and see others ignore rosters, so domestic disputes and bad feelings frequently occur).


Extra 'HMO HIDDEN COSTS'- cleaning of toilets, bathrooms, kitchen and gardening or paying extra for cleaner, gardener etc; splitting grocery bills and handling 'house expenses kitty'; your time wasted queuing for things; and often high costs of weekends going away to escape bad atmosphere etc. Psychologically, few prefer bedsit HMOs and its rarely most people's choice

⭐⭐CONSIDER YOUR HAPPINESS, RELAXING & ENJOYING QUALITY OF LIFE are KEYS TO WELLBEING. Is theoretically 'saving' £1 or half a cup coffee a day but then paying all the extra 'HMO HIDDEN COSTS' of roster cleaning, queuing time wasted, going away weekends etc, and psychological impact worth it?

⭐⭐Mine's a LOVED HOME❤️ w HUMAN TOUCH: in HOSPITALITY 2 decades running Oxford's 2 largest coffee shops offering freshest food. That's why I sort everything out so you don't have to.

⭐⭐FRIENDLY WARM HELPFUL FEMALE owner- lived/worked central Oxford over 15 years and helped hundreds of staff from all nationalities. Hence I know the REAL OXFORD very well as you will see if you care to read on. Some facts are quite surprising! I offer expertise to anyone wishing to appreciate and get the most out of this beautiful famous city and high tech Oxford Science Vale

⭐⭐BECAUSE I CARE I regard you as a WELCOME GUEST. Guests usually extend initial term staying well over a year

(Sadly estate agents/corp landlords don't much care, more interested counting every penny cramming in as many bodies as possible into their 50+ multiple bedsit 'investments'. To them its 'business' squeezing profits💰💰. Ask yourself: would they ever live in the bedsits they offer you? The answer's obvious. However I'm V HAPPY SHARING living in my loved home w a VALUED GUEST😀)

⭐CLEAN QUIET PEACEFUL well maintained LUXURY RENOVATED 220SQM fully furnished 2 BATHROOMS 3 DOUBLE BEDROOM home; £50,000 furniture & fittings. Quiet set well back on parkland 'Northcourt village green'.

⭐LARGE BEDROOM 🛏️15ft x 12ft (4m x3.2m) KING SIZE BED. £2500 William Morris rugs/curtains. V QUIET OVERLOOKS LARGE QUIET PEACEFUL REAR GARDEN💐

⭐NEW 2nd BATHROOM EXCLUSIVE GUESTS🛁🚽

⭐RELAX, STRETCH OUT & CHILL- EXTRA LARGE 27ft FAMILY ROOM and EXTRA SITTING ROOM, new John Lewis leather sofa & chairs🛋️

⭐I CLEAN DAILY- HMO occupants need weekly rosters to do all the cleaning, gardening and maintenance or pay for it, and must have a 'house kitty' to manage extra HMO costs. Sadly, problems invariably arise when toilets, showers, baths and kitchen are uncleaned or left in poor state, messes not cleaned up, money arguments and tiffs etc

⭐FRESH WHOLESOME FOOD DAILY by arrangement

⭐GREEN LARGE SUPERB ORNATE 1000sqm GARDEN w LARGE LAWNS- 2 FLOWER BOUQUETS 💐💐changed weekly, many indoor & outdoor plants🌹🪻🌻 (I spend £3000 annually on plants, flowers & gardening -NO CHARGE FOR). 2 classic 2m tall Graeco-Roman marble statues, barbecue

⭐SLEEP EASY💤 V QUIET- JUST 3 BEDROOMS (HMOs w 6-12 bedsits ALWAYS noisy nights 🥱 occupants coming going all hours😵. Getting a good night's sleep is hard😫. Tenants frequently change, so bump into new strangers in corridors at night)

⭐PRIVACY, QUIET & 'ME TIME'- SHARE BATHROOM w ONLY OTHER GUEST MOSTLY AWAY FOR WORK PAST 2 MONTHS. NO QUEUING FOR TOILET SHOWER & KITCHEN (IN bedsits there's often little space to relax and no space to sit and eat. So after a hard day's work, to get some peace and quiet from 6-12 bedsit occupants, often eat cocooned in their bedsit, only make phone calls in street and weekends fleeing to avoid 'pressure cooker' stresses to parents, etc to enjoy some peace, quiet and 'me time' and recharge for week ahead

⭐V SPACIOUS GENEROUS 75SQM LIVING SPACE PER PERSON. WHEN I'M AWAY WEEKENDS YOU GET WHOLE 220 SqM LUXURY HOME TO YOURSELF

⭐EXTRA SPACE huge 2 storey 100 SQM fully equipped 2 STOREY WORKSHOP GARAGE

⭐27FT KITCHEN/FAMILY ROOM- FULLY EQUIPPED - brand new TOP OF RANGE £4000 SMEG range cooker 4 ovens+grill; American fridge freezer; brand new top combi microwave oven; MIELE washing machine; top of range Nespresso coffee machine; SMEG toaster; 2nd electric grill; every cooking utensil imaginable!

⭐SITTING ROOM- new £3000 John Lewis leather sofa + armchair, LARGE TV, antiques, £5000 rugs, classic William Morris decor reflects and inspires love of Oxford
⭐ 4 CCTV CAMERAS protect house/car🎥
⭐ SECURE OFF ROAD PARKING
⭐UNLIMITED superfast BROADBAND BT Openzone
⭐ SEPARATE DESK/STUDY AREA
⭐Any maintenance issue, available 24/7
⭐ Ultra convenient TESCO/2nd grocery shop 7 DAYS A WEEK 6AM-11PM, Chinese & Italian/pizza takeaways, WAITROSE 5 min stroll, new largest M & S Food and largest Tesco in Oxfordshire
⭐Speak fluent English🇬🇧/Portuguese🇧🇷🇵🇹, converse Spanish🇪🇸/Italian🇮🇹, strong connections Australia🇦🇺/Latin America

⭐4 TIMES MORE LIVING SPACE than bedsit HMOs. (Identical sized bedsits have removed family room and sitting room to make 3 extra bedrooms, cramming in 6 bedsits, charging 6-8 well paid English professionals £950-1000pm. Working mostly in Oxford they appreciate NAbingdon enjoys faster commute time to centre Oxford than most city residents and far faster to Oxford Science Vale tech parks

⭐⭐ 'BEST OF BOTH WORLDS': 10 min commute to Oxford centre for work/socialising; evenings/weekends relax properly, wind down without downside of today's edgier Oxford (when its 'Motown' industrial factories declined and poverty areas increased, crime rose markedly. Motor industry still 2nd largest industry.

Area home to Radiohead, Jamie Laing 'Made in Chelsea' and Radio 1 DJ; actors Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander, Toby Jones; comedians David Mitchell (Peep Show) and Peter Cook

⭐'OXFORD SCIENCE VALE'- almost all science & technology parks and world class research establishments are here on SW side outside Oxford (just one north, nr airport 16km). DYNAMIC Science & Technology centres incl Culham 5 min and Harwell 15 min and 24 min by bus from outside my house, a daily saving commute time of 1 hour (30 min each way) compared to Oxford

⭐HOUSEHOLD INCOMES 20% HIGHER THAN OXFORD CITY SO MORE PROSPEROUS & SAFER. Most science tech research leaders have chosen to cluster and locate just outside quirky odd Oxford city boundary because of inner city issues (poor housing, congestion, pollution, crime etc) making top quality staff less relaxed, creative and productive.

⭐Given Oxford's top science & business leaders decisions, after careful costly evaluations, have almost all chosen locate just outside the city, is it not best to carefully consider whether their sound reasons also apply to staff seeking an optimal lifestyle too?

⭐EXCELLENT TRANSPORT LINKS- OXFORD METRO's N ABINGDON WAS EFFECTIVELY MADE AN INNER OXFORD SUBURB DUE TO BUILDING A34- only 3 BUS STOPS 7 MIN to PARK & RIDE; 5 min by car (fly 🛩️ at 60mph on dual carriageway thru Bagley Wood/upmarket Boars Hill, instead of stuck on Oxford's congested roads w average speed of 9 mph ie speed of a horse & carriage).

⭐ 🚍BUS STOP 10 secs away- FAST FREQUENT EXPRESS BUSES EVERY 10 MIN, 24 HRS A DAY (Oxford railway stn 12 min, Culham 5 min Milton Park 15 min Harwell 24 min. Radley stn 5 min w free parking, 6 min Oxford railway stn. Trains to Paddington 45 min

⭐OFFICIAL 'OXFORD BUS' TIMETABLES PROVE FASTER TO CITY CENTRE FROM MY HOME THAN 80% OF OXFORD SUBURBS- buses fly 🛩️ at 60mph on A34 thru Bagley Wood/Boars Hill to city centre. (And It's faster from here on A34 to North & West of Oxford than most residents within city walls due to notorious Oxford congestion/gridlock. Botley Rd closed past 3 yrs is due to remain closed 2 more years

⭐Top of hill above Thames- NOT prone to flooding🌊 Some Spareroomers have got 'surprised' at being flooded up to 5 times past year in Oxford metro, and so having to pay high insurance premiums to replace water damage to possessions, cars etc).


KEY FACTS OXFORD METRO

Though small, Oxford BRANDED EUROPE'S '13th MOST CONGESTED CITY' BY EU. Has UK'S worst TRAFFIC SPEEDS due to MEDIEVAL ROAD SYSTEM-average speed 9mph (ie horse & carriage speed!😄). According to City & County Councils, traffic congestion is at "emergency crisis levels", hence introduced daily congestion charge
⚠️New £1300 ANNUAL COST for Oxford drivers- £5 DAILY 7 DAYS A WEEK 7AM-7PM OXFORD CONGESTION CHARGE (additional to current £10 CHARGE inner 3 km) at 6 charge points blocking off city from suburbs, incl ONLY road North & East Oxford and ONLY road East & South East Oxford (Headington & Cowley). LTNs block off most side roads (charge £70) intentionally funnelling traffic into these 6 congestion charge points on Oxford's 4 main medieval roads, so impossible to avoid

👍SOLE ROAD EXEMPT to just 250m CITY CENTRE Westgate car park is ABINGDON RD👍

⭐ 10 min car 15 min bus to centre Oxford Carfax/High Street. Time wise, it's quicker to commute than 80% of suburban Oxford residents. Reason my daily commute to Carfax is so fast is simply due to A34 DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, SO NO ROADS OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS SLOWING ME DOWN

⭐OX1 (Oxford's wealthiest postcode)- ONLY 25% is in city. For the combined 'Oxford' postcodes OX1, OX2, OX3 OX4, just 30% is within odd city boundary, 70% is outside

⚠️OXFORD CITY COUNCIL V ODD SHAPE- southwest of centre Carfax it's JUST 500m(!) to Thames river border then its all green belt and woods in OX1 to WITHIN 500m OF MY HOME. Yet to north, south & east, built up areas OX2, OX3 & OX4 POSTCODES STRETCH MILES & MILES 10km ALL THRU BUILT UP AREAS, hence Oxford gridlock. My 6km daily commute to Carfax on A34 DUAL CARRIAGEWAY AT 60MPH thru green belt. I have just one traffic light to fastest Park & Ride and city centre

⭐BREATHE FRESH AIR- MUCH LOWER (4-8 times) POLLUTION LEVELS due to Oxford gridlock and motor factories. (Worst is St Clements/Headington Rd, Cowley & Iffley Rds w unsafe toxic levels)

⭐ABINGDON MORE MIDDLE CLASS- 500m from my home OX1's BOARS HILL/BAGLEY WOOD is county's wealthiest area. However go down the hill cross the Thames into the city its far edgier w significant (20) areas of poverty, deprivation and crime dotted all around. URBAN FLIGHT has led to many senior OU academics, science tech leaders, professional middle class and wealthier fleeing urban deprivation to safer areas just outside quirky city border, and esp N Abingdon in particular.

⭐Oxford has smaller pockets of prosperity, but mostly it's below average income and high deprivation poverty areas. In 2021 Census, Oxford's working age people just 34% were 'Higher & Lower Managerial, Admin, Professional' whereas in NAbingdon its over 50%

⚠️Even in most prosperous part of city, sadly one is just 200-300m from a crime hotspot. Largest crime category is 'violence & sexual assault', virtually half of all crime. In NAbingdon crime per capita is 1/10 Oxford city.

⭐CAR INSURANCE FAR CHEAPER- in Oxford it's 4-5 times higher due to car theft (its probably a reason why so many Oxford households are carless, even though its a car making city w many car workers!)

⭐OXFORD COMPRISES 2 CONSTITUENCIES w 2 MPs- 'Abingdon & Oxford West'- moderate, very pro EU reflects wealth, dynamic science tech sector and Oxford Uni dons;
'Oxford East' (rest of Oxford) strongly working class in 'top 30 safest Labour seats', 90% vote left wing or extreme Left wing. Is 'furthest from national average', 'most unrepresentative constituency' in UK today! Oxford voters used to be moderate yet this radical switch to very left wing has occurred in a mere 30 yrs, as Oxford's prosperous middle classes and academics have taken 'urban flight' 〽️to a better quality of life, their houses converted into more bedsit HMOs by thousands of new landlord investors seeking to profiteer

⭐Oxford is now 'BEDSIT LAND'- has 'MOST HMOs IN ALL UK' (3,500 legal HMOs w 25,000 bedsits, and 1000 illegal HMOs w 7000 more bedsits, so 32000 bedsits in standing population of 120,000), housing 25% of all residents

⭐In contrast just outside OX1 we have just 25 HMOs w just 90 bedsits👍in 45000 population so <O.2% of population. Yep, Oxford's great for working in, but not exactly relaxing or conducive to quality of life

⭐When people come to NAbingdon they stay as they are happy; when people come to Oxford as income rises they generally leave quickly, often to Abingdon - Abingdon's population highly stable w only a 4% change each year; Oxford population🧳 is "most transitory in UK" w 30% annual turnover (60,000 uni students 5000 academics) arrive or leave. It's why estate agents are famously arrogant because they get huge annual 'churn' turnover. Abingdon's in UK's Top 5 fastest growing areas😏 past decade; Oxford not in top 100

Oxford's beautifully maintained colleges 😍 and world renowned glorious library❤️ and fantastic facilities I use, but of course ⚠️they're walled off🔐 with high walls to keep public strictly outside. It's STRICTLY NO ADMITTANCE🫸 even if architecture and Cotswold stone are ravishingly beautiful 😍. Yes, everyone takes few photos in their first hour from street, but that's it unless one's privileged to be attached to OU's superb academic facilities. To 80% of city residents not affiliated w OU, it is as relevant and useful as any forbidden walled private space i. e. of little benefit beyond a few photos of beautiful buildings

⭐Both Oxford and Abingdon 🌐international in outlook. Oxford is now over 40% overseas born, Abingdon a more modest 25%

**** GENERAL INFO ****
"DREAMING SPIRES OF OXFORD"- Matthew Arnold wrote 1862 enjoying the spectacular Boars Hill view (160m Oxford's high point) looking down on Oxford beneath. The glorious view hides all the built up areas, estates and tower blocks extending 12 km north and south. Yet OX1's BOARS HILL is 3 miles south west outside Oxford city, w a lovely 2.5 mile green belt beyond the Thames city boundary 500m from Carfax

⭐NAbingdon borders Oxford's most prestigious area OX1's Boars Hill/Bagley Wood. From my home its 1/2 mile Bagley Wood & Boars Hill- I cycle it in 5 min

⭐Daily I enjoy a lovely choice of 2 very fast commutes: idyllic rural Old Abingdon Rd thru Bagley Wood/Boars Hill, or superfast A34 at 60mph. No traffic lights, no stops, no gridlock 80% of my commute either route I can choose

⭐Abingdon officially Oxfordshire's MOST PROSPEROUS URBAN AREA per latest 2021 census w HIGHEST AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, 20% HIGHER than Oxford. Abingdon and Oxford house prices on average same (govt Land Registry 2024).

Quirky history: Abingdon is UK's 'longest continually inhabited settlement,' having foundations 5000 years old, a tad older than younger sister Oxford's Saxon roots by a mere 4000 years (a Norman invader forced serfs to build a modest castle mound to protect himself from locals he'd just invaded and plundered 4 yrs earlier)
Abingdon was Royal Berkshire's county town 700 years until 1868. Has beautiful Wren designed County Hall built 350 yrs ago, "considered the country's grandest". Had UK's 3rd richest abbey owning Mayfair Soho, London's wealthiest area - until Cardinal Wolsey plundered wealth to build Christ Church College (and cathedral), modestly naming it after himself😂 and Henry VIII took the stones to build a palace

⭐LEISURE TIME
8 coffee shops incl largest Starbucks in Oxford metro, 2 Costas, 4 independents incl Missing Bean; 20 pubs 🍻🍾 incl 3 scenic Thames riverside pubs🥂🍹🍸 w pub gardens, exquisite views. Nearest pub 2 min walk is former home, MG sports car founder, had £1M refurb w huge pub gardens, often packed in summer and when sports events on); historic Abbey cinema🎬; FOOD SHOPPING- largest Waitrose, M&S Food & Tesco in Oxfordshire; 3 independent artisan bakeries and yes even a Greggs!

⭐OUTSTANDING EXERCISE & RECREATION FACILITIES
Surprisingly Abingdon with a quarter the population has far more extensive public sports facilities than Oxford: idyllic famous large outdoor pool overlooks Thames🏊. Boxhill Park🧎 1 min away w full gym equipment🏋️; large 10 lane indoor swimming pool/sports centre🤽w 10 tennis courts, 4 squash courts🎾🏸 etc. 5 gyms in town. 2 famous boarding schools Abingdon School & Radley College have extensive sports facilities available to public incl Tilsley Park athletics stadium, a superb complex, 4 all weather hockey pitches, many all weather tennis courts, home to Oxford's American Rules Football team. Thames boating🚣; jogging🏃; golf⛳, rugby, football⚽ and tennis clubs🎾.

5 min stroll🚶to historic Abingdon-on-Thames centre or via Boxhill Park or Sturt River nature trail w kingfishers 🦜and wildlife🦡. Extensive Thames river parkland v pleasant relaxing walking/cycling🚴, beautiful Abbey Gardens💐, Abingdon lock🚤 . 3 min to idyllic Bagley Wood 650 acres ancient woods owned by Abingdon Abbey granted to St John's College, and Boar's Hill, w endless walks & cycle trails, cycle Thames Path into Oxford 25 min, 🏕️Cotswolds/Chiltern Hills for walking;

⭐ABINGDON ULTRA SAFE😃- 'OXFORDSHIRE'S SAFEST TOWN'👮 per crimerate'). NAbingdon has 1/10 CRIME PER CAPITA of Oxford (⚠️Oxford has highest per capita crime rate 'Thames Valley Police' area, 30% higher even than infamous Slough🦹, and higher even London's worst council). (Banbury, Didcot & Bicester also have far more crime per capita than ultra safe Abingdon!😃) In Oxford police sirens, car and house alarms are often going off. In one of the city's most prosperous areas, I seldom ever got a proper night's sleep. The reason for high security of high college walls is pretty obvious: to keep locals outside

⭐Of Oxfordshire's 65 wards, N ABINGDON is COUNTY'S 2ND SAFEST WARD...
OXFORD, JERICHO & COWLEY wards have county's WORST CRIME- 3 MURDERS past year of innocent people -
1) Jericho's main Walton St on 'Radcliffe Quarter' opp Oxford University Press;
2) Oxford's most iconic building Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Old Library;
3) Cowley/Iffley Rds- 2 marauding knife drugs gangs
Yes sadly in real life Oxford seems to well and truly have tv's Inspector Morse Midsomer murder rates😂 w so many bizarre murders. UK murders are domestic; Oxford's are all ordinary people going around doing normal things

⭐ Abingdon has none of social deprivation issues of Oxford, Banbury or former coal power station town Didcot (w 20, 12 & 6 'Multi Deprivation Areas', per UK Govt poverty stats)

⭐EDUCATION🧑‍🎓- 5 SCHOOLS IN UK's 'SUNDAY TIMES TOP 50 SCHOOLS' in national league tables' incl Oxfordshire's best girls school. Unparalleled educational excellence, only London has more top schools in Top 50 in UK
⭐NO TRICK PHOTOS- not used estate agent software magically making small flats/HMO bedsits look bigger and showing only photo largest bedsit, always 'gone' of course!😄)

Whenever advertised, invariably room taken by person invited to view and who appreciate a few finer things in life.

🏠RENTAL FACTS🏠
OXFORD METRO has highest rents in UK after London due to exceptional demand 'Science Vale' Tech Triangle (UK version of Silicon Valley) and world famous university. High rents have been an historic reality for a lifetime:-

1) latest govt statistics Aug 2025 say rents Oxford metro area increased 12% past year due to "exceptional demand";

2) UK Govt Housing Benefit website shows rents by postcode grouped into 220 'Broad Rental Market Areas' by housing type ('single unfurnished room' up to '4 bedroom house'). This confirms Oxford-Abingdon 'Broad Rental Market Area' BRMA (a 15 mile radius of Oxford) had HIGHEST AVERAGE RENTS for single unfurnished rooms ie bedsits in UK outside London of £905pm 2 years ago. This average rent figure is despite the BRMA 'average' embracing many rural areas incl Carterton Witney Wantage Wallingford reducing 'average'.

UK govt then calculates for every area the BOTTOM 1% as Housing Benefit figure it may award anyone on benefits. Currently Housing Benefit is £600pm frozen past 3 years for a 'single unfurnished room'. Councils can award a further £150pm discretionary top up, increasingly offered to offset last 3 years rent rises imposed by estate agents and landlords to reflect market increases due to inflation and demand. Benefit claimants can thus receive £750pm for a single unfurnished bedsit

3) Spareroom's own research- Oxford Abingdon 'has highest rents outside London', average Spareroomer 2 years ago paid £850 (rent only), 'over 72% paying more than budgeted';

4) Oxford Uni is famously an expensive uni to attend with costs 2nd only to London's Imperial, LSE & UCL due partly to rents. Oxford Uni website says undergrads should budget paying £835-£990pm in college. 'Subsidised' single rooms at £900-1050 are available for students wanting better accommodation outside college than traditional college older small dated single bedroom w washbasin and communal showers 9 month term time. (In Vacation they're leased out to bulk buying tourism co's at far higher rates, to help minimise the 'subsidised rate' for undergrads and Masters students term time

URBAN FLIGHT- many new Oxford academics 'trial' living in Oxford for a year or so, then prefer moving out to NAbingdon due to Oxford city's poor quality of life issues (traffic, pollution, noise, poverty, high crime), which middle class Abingdon simply doesn't have. MASTERS/DPHIL students new to Oxford similarly follow their academic peers, scientists & professionals to safer greener more prosperous NAbingdon when they see reality of Oxford.


Finally do you imagine any estate agents/HMO landlords would ever live in the HMO bedsits they offer up on Spareroom? The answer's pretty obvious, whereas I'm HAPPY AND FEEL PRIVILEGED to share with an honoured guest😃 and help them become acquainted with all that Oxford & Science Vale offers!

Usually person invited to view joins as a guest. A good fit is with a person who appreciates a slightly higher standard and a few finer things in life who doesn't want their own small flat or bear significant upfront estate agents costs of £500-1000, utilities, maintenance, paying cleaners, gardeners etc and standard one year contracts almost all Oxford agents demand.

Any further questions, just ask. I'll try to answer quickly! 😃
Nicky x

PS Yes I appreciate I'm V LUCKY working in famous Oxford but can commute in so fast living just outside city boundary in best part of dynamic Science Vale and enjoy 'VERY BEST OF BOTH WORLDS' and can share this with a new honoured guest😃

Show same ad under N ABINGDON as 2 min and 500m up road from OX1's most prestigious Boars Hill and lovely Bagley Wood. The new congestion charge adds £1300 to most people driving within City. Principal beneficiaries are Abingdon commuters via Abingdon Rd who escape this new daily tax charge within the city!