The Residence, Maplefox Cottage, Wycombe Road, Saunderton, High Wycombe, HP14 4EG
About The Residence
The Residence is a detached house in Saunderton, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 4EG). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £743,000 sits 132.2% above the 2021 sale of £320,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold January 2021 for £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Residence sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2023Loft ConversionFullIn report
Householder application for insertion of 3 x rooflights to north, 2 x rooflights to south and 1 x rooflight to east elevations in connection with creation of additional habitable rooms in roof space and associated alterations (alternative scheme to PP 22/05911/FUL)
- Documents
- 28 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/08179/FUL
- Jun 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
Householder application for installation of 2 x rooflights to front and 3 x rooflights to side in connection with creation of first floor living accommodation in existing roofspace
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/05911/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£743,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 January 2021Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in HP14 4EG: £950,000 (2022–2022).
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- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Golden Cross PH — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Bledlow Ridge School. 4 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB