Flat, 51 Desborough Park Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3BG

Flat is a semi-detached house in High Wycombe (HP12 3BG). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 59 m² this is the 13th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–148 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61).

It hasn't traded since January 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 59 m² the property is well over the postcode median (37 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 156.5% above the 1998 sale of £111,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 63.6% below the postcode norm.