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Get startedChinewood is a detached house in Downley, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP13 5YP). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£543/sq ft) was about 106.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £965,000 in February 2023.
Chinewood's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Prune back width by 2-3m to help with encroachment and allow more light in x 1 Sycamore (T1)
Latest sale on Chinewood was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£962,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 20 years.
£965,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 20 years.
Chinewood outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,848
Street avg £4,631
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Construction of two storey rear extension and part single storey side extensions, tiled roof over existing flat roofed single storey side extension, tiled roof over existing flat roofed front bays and entrance porch
1 more application for this property
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1 February 2023Most recent
£965,000
+25.3%over 4 years2 February 2018
£770,000
+120.0%over 15 years25 November 2002
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP13 5YP: £615,000 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
HP13 5YQ
Memorial Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Downley School. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB
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