42 South View, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5UL

42 South View is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Downley, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP13 5UL). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 33.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, a conservatory and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.