Daws Lea, High Wycombe £1,250,000

This exceptional family home has been extensively renovated and thoughtfully extended by the current owners, providing 4,027 sq ft of beautifully designed accommodation arranged over three floors. Finished to a high standard throughout, the house offers an impressive amount of versatile living space, with six bedrooms, multiple reception and working spaces and excellent facilities for modern family life. The layout also lends itself particularly well to multi-generational living, extended family or live-in staff.

Situated on a quiet and popular residential close, the property is ideally positioned for some of High Wycombe’s most highly regarded schools, with both Wycombe High School and John Hampden Grammar School within walking distance. It is also conveniently located for the M40, with junction 4 just a short drive away, while High Wycombe train station is approximately 1.6 miles from the house, providing regular services to London Marylebone and Birmingham.

The accommodation begins with a welcoming reception hall, centred around a striking bespoke oak and steel staircase rising to both the first and second floors. At the heart of the home is the superb open-plan kitchen, dining and living space, creating a fantastic environment for both everyday family life and entertaining. Flooded with natural light from feature skylights and finished with tiled flooring, the room is centred around a stylish fitted kitchen with a central island, breakfast bar and a range of integrated appliances. Doors open directly onto the rear garden, while a separate utility room provides useful additional practicality.

The sitting room offers a more formal and elegant space, with oak flooring and a contemporary wall-mounted fireplace. Double doors connect the room with the reception hall and lead through to a study positioned at the rear of the property. The formal dining room is also accessed from the hall and benefits from bi-fold doors opening directly onto the garden, together with an interconnecting door to the study. This arrangement provides excellent flexibility, whether for family life, working from home or entertaining.

The first floor provides five well-proportioned bedrooms together with the family bathroom. The principal bedroom benefits from its own en suite shower room and walk-in wardrobe, while bedrooms two and three also have en suite facilities and fitted wardrobes. All four bathrooms on this floor feature underfloor heating, adding an additional level of comfort.

The top floor provides a particularly versatile further level of accommodation, comprising a generous sixth bedroom, shower room, TV/family room and an additional office or study area. This space would work exceptionally well for extended family, guests or a live-in nanny, while also offering flexibility for a variety of other uses.

Outside, the property is approached via an attractive block-paved carriage driveway providing off-street parking for several vehicles. The rear garden is enclosed and private, with a predominantly lawned area and a paved terrace immediately adjoining the house, creating an ideal setting for outdoor dining and relaxation. A garden shed provides useful additional storage.

Location
The property enjoys a particularly convenient position, combining a quiet residential setting with excellent access to schools, transport links and the wider amenities of High Wycombe. Wycombe High School is approximately 0.8 miles away, with John Hampden Grammar School also approximately 0.8 miles away, while The Royal Grammar School is around 2.4 miles distant.

High Wycombe station is approximately 1.6 miles away and provides regular train services to London Marylebone and Birmingham. Road connections are equally convenient, with the A404 providing access to junction 4 of the M40, linking towards the M25 and M4, while the M4 junction 8/9 provides access to the West.

High Wycombe offers an excellent range of amenities including two cinemas, John Lewis department store, a variety of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, bars and a sports and leisure complex. Sporting and recreational facilities are also well catered for, with The Rye providing 53 acres of open and recreational space, including an open-air lido and Wycombe Dyke for boating and fishing. There is also a cricket club, tennis club, members’ gym, rugby club, running club and bowling club, together with golf at Wycombe Heights Golf Centre and further courses in Flackwell Heath, Denham and Harleyford.

The area is particularly well known for its choice of schools, with Buckinghamshire being one of the last counties to retain the traditional grammar school system. In addition to Wycombe High School and John Hampden Grammar School, independent schools in the area include Godstowe, Crown House, Pipers Corner and Wycombe Abbey.

High Wycombe station 1.6 miles, M40 (J4) 1.2 miles, Beaconsfield 6.2 miles, Heathrow (T5) 21 miles, central London (Baker Street) 30 miles. All distances are approximate.