Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Fingest Grove Cottage, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LU
4 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
91 m²
976 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 41
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About Fingest Grove Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Fingest Grove Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bolter End, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3LU). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 976 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last sold in February 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 is 34.9% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£405/sq ft) was about 41.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 91 m² it's 27.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (125 m² median across 17 EPCs).
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Fingest Grove Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jun 2021
Current Certificate
Jun 2011EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E41
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
8.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 7 June 2021
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Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildNo mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Fingest Grove Cottage, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Fingest Grove Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Fingest Grove Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£533,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 16 years.
Last sold (2013)
£395,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
18 February 2013Most recent
£395,000
-8.1%over 5 years29 May 2007
£430,000
+95.5%over 8 years6 August 1998
£220,000
+37.5%over 1 year17 February 1997
£159,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP14 3LU: £545,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in HP14 3LU
Dormers, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LU
Sold Mar 2025
£710,000Priestley Cottage, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LU
Sold Oct 2022
£525,000Dovedale, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LU
Sold Jan 2022
£550,000Meadowsweet, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LU
Sold May 2019
£545,000The Peacock, Bolter End Lane, Bolter End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LU
Sold Apr 2016
£511,000
Versus other Bolter End Lane homes
Four headline reads against 17 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Fingest Grove Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,357
Street avg £3,134
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the High Wycombe district page.
Crime
51/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
New Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Lane End Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HP14 3LU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
51.6dB
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80 dB
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