Ibstone Cottage, Grays Lane, Ibstone, High Wycombe, HP14 3XX

Ibstone Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Ibstone, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3XX). It has a recorded floor area of 234 m² (around 2519 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 234 m² the property is well over the postcode median (178 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £1,450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.