12 Benjamin Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6SP

12 Benjamin Road is a five-bedroom detached house in High Wycombe (HP13 6SP). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since January 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 6 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. Today's modelled estimate of £577,000 sits 591% above the 1996 sale of £83,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 69.5% below the postcode norm.