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Get startedOak Tree Cottage is a semi-detached house in Downley, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP13 5YL). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 108), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£569/sq ft) was about 38.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £570,000 in September 2025. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 93 m² it's 27.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Oak Tree Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Householder application for part single part two storey rear extension.
Price for Oak Tree Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£551,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 29 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 29 years.
Years Held for Oak Tree Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,129
Street avg £6,384
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Erection of summerhouse in rear garden (retrospective)
1 more application for this property
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26 September 2025Most recent
£570,000
+714.3%over 28 years24 February 1997
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP13 5YL: £540,000 (2022–2019).
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CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
Commonside — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
The Downley School. 10 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB
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