The Retreat, Marlow Road, Cadmore End, High Wycombe, HP14 3PF

The Retreat is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Cadmore End, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3PF). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil.

Last sale on file: £760,000 in September 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 146 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (172 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£484/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.