2 Moorland Cottages, The Common, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5YL

2 Moorland Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Downley, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP13 5YL). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (129 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£619/sq ft) was about 51.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £540,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.