Field View, Flat 1, Old Oxford Road, Piddington, High Wycombe, HP14 3BE

Field View is a semi-detached house in Piddington, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3BE). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.

Held since August 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £204,000 sits 77.4% above the 2004 sale of £115,000. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).