17a, Church Road, Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes, MK17 8TE

17a is a detached house in Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes (MK17 8TE). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 779 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1995–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £436,000 sits 74.4% above the 2009 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (136 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 8 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.