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Get started138a is a one-bedroom detached house in High Wycombe (HP13 5AB). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 45 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (45–115 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (16 versus a best of 66). The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£405/sq ft) was about 82.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £196,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
138a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£205,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£196,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

26 September 2022Most recent
£196,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP13 5AB: £375,000 (2025–2018).
HP13 5TL
Crossroads — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. 21 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB
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