Yewsden Cottage, Chinnor Road, Bledlow Ridge, High Wycombe, HP14 4AW

Yewsden Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bledlow Ridge, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 4AW). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 93 m² it sits well below the postcode median (203 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £553,000 is 11.7% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£494/sq ft) was about 42% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2023 at £495,000.