Chequers Cottage, Ballinger Road, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QJ
About Chequers Cottage
Chequers Cottage is a detached house in South Heath, Great Missenden, Great Missenden (HP16 9QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (170 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Chequers Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Chequers Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Chequers Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£666,000
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 HP16 9QJ: £770,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in HP16 9QJ
Newlands, Ballinger Road, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QJ
Sold Dec 2024
£770,000High House, Ballinger Road, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QJ
Sold May 2023
£1,035,000Badgers, Ballinger Road, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QJ
Sold Oct 2021
£765,000Snowberry Cottage, Ballinger Road, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QJ
Sold Dec 2019
£840,000Franor, Ballinger Road, South Heath, Great Missenden, HP16 9QJ
Sold Feb 2018
£630,000
Versus other Ballinger Road homes
Chequers Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
26 (F)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 169 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Marriotts Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Great Missenden CofE Combined School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB







