25 Institute Road, Marlow, SL7 1BJ
About 25 Institute Road
25 Institute Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Marlow (SL7 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 15 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,191/sq ft) was about 91.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £1,705,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
25 Institute Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 25 Institute Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Mar 2024OutbuildingFullIn report
Householder application for construction of single storey detached outbuilding for use as garden room/store
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/08127/FUL
- Dec 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Crown lift to 4m Crown reduce height by 3m from 14m to 11m and crown spread by 1.4m to the North 1.7m to East, 0.2m South & 0.7m to the West to manage growth x 1 Lime (T1)
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/07829/TPO
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Sales history & valuation
25 Institute Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£1,773,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.0% per year over 4 years.
£1,705,000
Growth on file: 11.0% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
14 June 2021Most recent
£1,705,000
+48.3%over 2 years17 January 2019
£1,150,000
+3.1%over 1 year18 May 2017
£1,115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SL7 1BJ: £675,000 (2024–2011).
Nearby sales in SL7 1BJ
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Versus other Institute Road homes
On price per m², 25 Institute Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£12,820
Street avg £8,011
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Liston Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB