Orchard House, Blackthorne Lane, Ballinger, Great Missenden, HP16 9LN

Orchard House is a detached house in Ballinger, Great Missenden, Great Missenden (HP16 9LN). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil.

At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£527/sq ft) was about 36.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £1,180,590. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.