HP5 2XW
Last sold £1,225,000 in December 2012
Old Timbers, Chesham
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 172m — higher than about 90% of homes in Chesham
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Price history in context
- Dec 2012 — £1,225,000
What this home might be worth today
£2,127,000
Estimate range £2,021,000–£2,234,000
+73.7% since December 2012 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 11 nearby sales within two years · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Brushwood Junior School 3.2km
- Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School 1.9km
- Chesham station 3.6km
- Widmore Wood 326m
- The coast (coastline) 36.0km
- Lake 3.3km
- Pond 1.7km
- Canal 4.9km
- River Chess 3.7km
- Cholesbury Common 2.3km
- Playing Field 451m
- Shops 1.8km
- Huge Farm (Opp) 209m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 96.4% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 96.4% of premises — not all
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Berkhamsted, 5.7km away
- 33 min London
- 91 min Birmingham
- 102 min Cambridge
- 103 min Oxford
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,570 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- In the green belt — new building is tightly restricted.
- An Article 4 direction applies here — some permitted development rights are withdrawn.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 80 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- Apple Patch, Chesham £397,500 · 2000
- Highmore House, Chesham £550,000 · 2000
- Orchard House, Chesham £341,000 · 2002
- The Old Croft, Chesham £725,000 · 2003
- Croft Cottage, Chesham £576,500 · 2006
- Jasmine House, Follet Close, Chesham £312,500 · 2009
Planning activity nearby
- Rejected Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of a self-build detached dwelling served… Sep 2025 source
- Undecided Replacement of 13 windows and replacement of 2 window sills. Jun 2026 source
- Undecided First floor side extension and garage conversion Jul 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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