32a, Booker Lane, High Wycombe, HP12 3UZ

32a is a detached house in High Wycombe (HP12 3UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since February 2001 — that's 25 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 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £480,000 sits 238% above the 2001 sale of £142,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 49.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.