Flint Cottage, Water End Road, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XF
About Flint Cottage
Flint Cottage is a detached house in Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3XF). It has a recorded floor area of 293 m² (around 3154 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 293 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Flint Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at Flint Cottage.
- Apr 2012Solar PanelsFullIn report
Householder application for the installation of 16 Polycrystalline Solar Voltaic modules on support frames in rear garden ( retrospective) (amended scheme to planning approval 11/06825/FUL)
Retrospective- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/05458/FUL
- Feb 2012Solar PanelsFullIn report
Householder application for the installation of 16 Polycrystalline Solar Voltaic modules on support frames in rear garden ( retrospective) (amended scheme to planning approval 11/06825.FUL)
Retrospective- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/07903/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Flint Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,416,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP14 3XF: £835,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in HP14 3XF
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Sold Aug 2025
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Sold Feb 2025
£890,000Beech Croft, Water End Road, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XF
Sold Feb 2025
£490,000Hillcot, Water End Road, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XF
Sold Oct 2024
£425,000Applegarth, Water End Road, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XF
Sold Mar 2024
£835,000
Everything we know about Flint Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Water End Road homes
Flint Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
293 m²
Street avg 140 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
St Francis Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Radnage Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB