Spring Cottage, Ibstone, High Wycombe, HP14 3XT
About Spring Cottage
Spring Cottage is a detached house in Ibstone, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3XT). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2017. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 138 m² it's 25.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (184 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,087,000 is 27.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£572/sq ft) was about 82% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2020 for £850,000.
Energy performance
Spring Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Spring Cottage, Ibstone, High Wycombe, HP14 3XT
- Feb 2017Garage ConversionFullOutcome in report
Householder application for construction of part garage conversion to habitable accommodation, fenestration alterations and new fence.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/08245/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,087,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 17 years.
£850,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
30 July 2020Most recent
£850,000
+30.8%over 3 years2 November 2016
£650,000
+46.1%over 12 years4 November 2003
£445,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP14 3XT: £1,210,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in HP14 3XT
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Sold Jul 2023
£960,000Flint Cottage, Ibstone, High Wycombe, HP14 3XT
Sold Apr 2023
£1,210,000Cholsey Cottage, Ibstone, High Wycombe, HP14 3XT
Sold Mar 2021
£1,325,000
Versus the street
Spring Cottage is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£6,159
Street avg £4,495
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 166 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 7.9 t/year
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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
0.1 km
The Fox PH — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Ibstone CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB







