Russets, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3NB

Russets is a five-bedroom detached house in Bolter End, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3NB). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 187 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 11 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. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 36.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £725,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.