131b, West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3AB

131b is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in High Wycombe (HP12 3AB). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in October 2004. At 37 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 51 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 is 41.8% above the 2004 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 59.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.