Old Chapel Cottage, Crowbrook Road, Askett, Princes Risborough, HP27 9LR

Old Chapel Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Askett, Princes Risborough, Princes Risborough (HP27 9LR). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

3 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 tree works is awaiting a decision. Today's modelled estimate of £799,000 sits 52.2% above the 2012 sale of £525,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 120 m² it sits well below the postcode median (198 m² across 10 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). Last sold in November 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.