Sheepcotts Cottage, Hyde Lane, Hyde End, Great Missenden, HP16 0RF

Sheepcotts Cottage is a detached house in Hyde End, Great Missenden, Great Missenden (HP16 0RF). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 103), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £518,000 is 81.2% below the 2015 sale of £2,750,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (238 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 11 years since the last transfer (June 2015). 10 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.