Buying a home in HP5, Chesham. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£496kmost £435k–£594k

Houses per m²£5,631flats £4,505

Sold last year1751,314 in five years

Prices in Buckinghamshire+1.1%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in HP5 sold for £495,755 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £435,464 and £594,439, for about 89 m² of space.

175 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £196k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in HP5 2 (£5,534) and the most in HP5 1 (£5,866).

Across Buckinghamshire, prices are up 1.1% on a year ago and up 11.5% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,603 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £2,261 a month at 4.5% over 30 years.

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House prices in HP5 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£311,322	£251k–£332k	39 m²	16
2	£402,344	£362k–£444k	68 m²	302
3	£495,755	£435k–£594k	89 m²	480
4	£638,006	£536k–£765k	119 m²	140
5+	£907,407	£731k–£1.15m	164 m²	188

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£311k	£402k	£496k	£638k	£907k
Detached	—	£517k	£651k	£791k	£997k
Semi-detached	—	£424k	£505k	£627k	£731k
Terraced	£322k	£391k	£436k	£519k	£775k
Flats	£196k	£266k	£317k	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across HP5

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
HP5 1	£5,866	£4,583
HP5 2	£5,534	£4,532
HP5 3	£5,627	£4,412

Schools near HP5

Best state primary within 2 kmThomas Harding Junior School81% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%5 state primaries within 2 km

Best state secondary within 5 kmChiltern Hills Academy28.6% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%3 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

HP6 Amersham · 4 km3-bed house £769k HP7 Amersham · 5 km3-bed house £713k HP4 Berkhamsted · 7 km3-bed house £712k HP16 Great Missenden · 8 km3-bed house £559k HP8 Chalfont St. Giles · 9 km3-bed house £658k HP15 High Wycombe · 9 km3-bed house £514k HP1 Hemel Hempstead · 10 km3-bed house £482k HP3 Hemel Hempstead · 10 km3-bed house £493k

Questions about HP5

Is HP5 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: prices in Buckinghamshire are up 1.1% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (81% against 64%); the best secondary is below it (28.6% against 43.8%); 175 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in HP5?

A typical 3-bedroom house in HP5 sold for £495,755 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £435,464 and £594,439.

How many homes sell in HP5 each year?

175 homes sold in the last year and 1,314 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near HP5?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Thomas Harding Junior School, where 81% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.