Fern Cottage, Church Lane, West Wycombe, High Wycombe, HP14 3AH

Fern Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in West Wycombe, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3AH). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold June 2019 for £645,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £735,000 is 14% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 51.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.