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Get startedThe Old Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in The Lee, Great Missenden, Great Missenden (HP16 9LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
The Old Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
The Old Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
Crown reduction of an oak tree within a Conservation Area
The Old Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£853,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
The Old Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 122 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in HP16 9LZ: £915,000 (2024–2008).
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
HP16 9DY
St John's Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Lee Common Church of England School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB