Neighbourhood and local area reviews for renting in Oxford

The local area of Iffley is like a quiet village on the edge of Oxford. Walking down by the nearby river, there are a few nice pubs to choose from, it's only a 10 minute walk to Templar's Square for shops and supermarkets, and there's no through road so it's only traffic coming in or out of the village.

The house was semidetached so I was confident there would have been little chance of being annoyed by noise. Boy, was I wrong! (even the previous tenant warned me, but I was in a desperate rush to find an accomodation, in the nightmarish market situation, and having to live in student accomodations) The spanish couple living downstairs was so lousy and loud, they were animals. Constantly shouting and slamming doors (and I was in constant rage, a big toll on my mental health and no quiet at all, and they went on repeatedly for many nights, often until 3AM-4AM), no way a reasoning with them in a civil manner, not even stomping on the floor and shouting at them to stfu was enough. No way of calling the police on them (they were not playing music at max level, it was that grey area in which you're unfortunately not protected by the law, and you know.. The racist feudal lord has not been very helpful, or friendly at all). You may imagine how many times I wished I could have killed them, the constant rage of being powerless against some weirdos, I wonder how you can even have a job and stay up all night pretty much every other day, I even tried to retaliate, stomping on the floor and timing the laundry machine, and it was effective (that's how you reason with animals) for a bit, but then they started again and I lost it completely and instead of leaving explosives into their letterbox or just kicking the guy's ass to really send the message through (I'm not that kind of person, but with these primates that's the only thing they understand) I finally decided to just *ucking leave and change job and town. What a rollercoaster.

Cowley is nice - lots of places to eat and very close to the city centre. It's not the safest part of Oxford (lots of bike theft!) but I was never worried for my personal safety.

Area seemed fine

10 min walk to Headington shops, convenient bus links to city centre and London

The upstairs neighbour floor is very squeaking and they are moving around the house all day starting 7am ending after 11pm this property is very dirty and is not having any cleaning company at the end of tenancy is just an lady friend of them. Worst tenancy ever. You can t rest properly in this house 448 Marston Road

Really good location. Felt very safe and quick 10 min walk to shops. 20 mins walk to city centre. Amazing public transport

Really nice area, great parks and quiet with young families. The main road has a lot of traffic. Better if you bike.

OK but near to a council estate

Theres was murder near the off license around 10 meters away in 2020

Residential area 10 minutes far from a big grocery shop (on foot). Transport to the city centre is acceptable.