Top Floor Flat, 27 London Road, High Wycombe, HP11 1BJ

Top Floor Flat is an end-of-terrace house in High Wycombe (HP11 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £330,000 is 56% below the 2022 sale of £750,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£942/sq ft) was about 283.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £750,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.