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Get started1 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.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Apr 2026
1 Elton Cottages has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£319,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 25 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 25 years.
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
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

27 April 2021Most recent
£265,000
+3.9%over 4 years15 July 2016
£255,000
+29.0%over 9 years11 May 2007
£197,750
+182.7%over 10 years15 August 1996
£69,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP13 5UZ: £360,000 (2025–2019).
117 Littleworth Road Downley High Wycombe
Sold Sept 2025
4 Elton Cottages Littleworth Road Downley High Wycombe
Sold Dec 2024
123 Littleworth Road Downley High Wycombe
Sold Jan 2021
119 Littleworth Road Downley High Wycombe
Sold Feb 2019
125 Littleworth Road Downley High Wycombe
Sold Oct 2014
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
HP13 5PS
Commonside — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
The Downley School. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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