Orchard Cottage, Studridge Lane, Speen, Princes Risborough, HP27 0SA

Orchard Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Speen, Princes Risborough, Princes Risborough (HP27 0SA). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for solar panel installation is awaiting a decision. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 27.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £535,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.