142 Abercromby Avenue, High Wycombe, HP12 3BJ
About 142 Abercromby Avenue
142 Abercromby Avenue is a semi-detached house in High Wycombe (HP12 3BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Held since March 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £299,000 sits 498% above the 1995 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 68.3% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
142 Abercromby Avenue has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
10 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
142 Abercromby Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£299,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£50,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 March 1995Most recent
£50,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP12 3BJ: £185,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in HP12 3BJ
126a, Abercromby Avenue, High Wycombe, HP12 3BJ
Sold Dec 2023
£185,000140 Abercromby Avenue, High Wycombe, HP12 3BJ
Sold Sept 2023
£175,000132 Abercromby Avenue, High Wycombe, HP12 3BJ
Sold Aug 2023
£327,000122a, Abercromby Avenue, High Wycombe, HP12 3BJ
Sold Sept 2022
£125,000136 Abercromby Avenue, High Wycombe, HP12 3BJ
Sold Oct 2019
£265,000
Versus other Abercromby Avenue homes
On price per m², 142 Abercromby Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£658
Street avg £3,040
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Half Moon PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Oakridge School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







