8a, Buckingham Close, High Wycombe, HP13 7YD

8a is a semi-detached house in High Wycombe (HP13 7YD). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

At 57 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£507/sq ft) was about 140% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £311,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.