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4 sales on record
About 1 Elton Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Elton Cottages is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Downley, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP13 5UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 is 20.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£573/sq ft) was about 101.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £265,000 in April 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Driveway
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Apr 2026
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
1 Elton Cottages has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£319,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2021)
£265,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Littleworth Road homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for 1 Elton Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,163
Street avg £4,649
Floor Area
43 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HP13 5UZ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB
Everything within walking distance
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