5 Colne Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7XN

5 Colne Road is a semi-detached house in High Wycombe (HP13 7XN). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in August 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).

Held since March 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 sits 480% above the 1995 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 59.5% below the postcode norm. At 64 m² it's 28.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 43 EPCs).