Crendon House

What Crendon House does

Crendon House (legal entity: Crendon House Lettings Limited) is an independent, privately-owned estate agency founded in 1974 and headquartered in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. The company operates from two offices: its registered office at 9 Crendon Street, High Wycombe, and its main office at Suffolk House, 54-55 The Green, Wooburn Green. It is the longest-serving independent estate agent in the Wooburn Green and High Wycombe area, with over 50 years of continuous operation.

The company's service offering spans Residential Sales, Residential Lettings, Property Management, Commercial Sales and Lettings, Land & Development, and New Homes, covering the full spectrum of property transactions in the Buckinghamshire region with adjacent coverage into Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Its digital infrastructure is built on the Expert Agent estate agency software platform, which powers the company website (crendonhouse.com), property listings, and back-end management. Distribution and lead generation occur through the proprietary website, social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok), and the GetAgent third-party portal, where the company holds Top Performer status in the HP10 and HP12 postcodes.

Crendon House operates a sales-led, traditional estate agency model with commission-based revenue from residential and commercial property transactions, plus recurring revenue from lettings and property management mandates. Customer acquisition is driven by local reputation, repeat business, and referrals, with personal service delivered through its two physical offices. The company has no external funding, no parent company, and no disclosed corporate transactions, remaining under private ownership. AML compliance is handled via a partnership with Lifetime Legal. No AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the business.

Name

Crendon House

Legal name

Crendon House Lettings Limited

Website

https://crendonhouse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crendon House is an independent UK estate agency founded in 1974, operating from two offices in High Wycombe and Wooburn Green, providing residential sales, lettings, property management, commercial, land & development, and new homes services across Buckinghamshire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Estate Agency

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312), Residential Property Managers (531311), Nonresidential Property Managers (531312)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Purpose & Alternative Asset Brokerage (BPAJABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Commercial Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAB)

Keywords

• Residential property sales
• Residential lettings services
• Property management services
• Commercial property agency
• Land and development advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

High Wycombe

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Residential Property Sales Commission: Traditional estate agency commission on residential property sales in Buckinghamshire, operating in High Wycombe and Wooburn Green areas.
2. Residential Lettings & Property Management: Ongoing lettings management services including tenant placement and property management for landlords.
3. Commercial Sales & Lettings: Commercial property transaction and letting services for business clients.
4. Land & Development: Land sales and development advisory services.
5. New Homes: New build property sales services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Crendon House is an independently owned estate agent providing residential sales, residential lettings, property management, commercial sales and lettings, land and development advisory, and new homes marketing services across Buckinghamshire and surrounding areas. The firm operates from two offices in High Wycombe and Wooburn Green and supports its property services through a website built on the Expert Agent software platform.

Product overview

Crendon House is an established, independently owned estate agent offering a comprehensive range of property services across residential and commercial sectors. The company operates as a unified service offering covering Sales, Lettings & Property Management, Land & Development, and New Homes divisions. Their portfolio includes Residential Sales, Residential Lettings, Commercial Lettings, Commercial Sales, and Property Management services, supported by an online property search platform with features including mortgage calculators and detailed property listings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Sales

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved Top Performer status with GetAgent for both HP10 and HP12 postcodes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Expert AgentcoreTechnology or IntegrationExpert Agent provides the estate agency software platform powering Crendon House's website, property listings, and back-end management systems. The company website (crendonhouse.com) is developed using Expert Agent technology.
• GetAgentminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGetAgent is a property platform that displays Crendon House's property listings and awards them Top Performer badges for their Wooburn Green branch in HP10 and HP12 postcodes.
• Lifetime LegalminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAnti-money laundering checks are conducted on behalf of Crendon House by Lifetime Legal, who contact buyers once an offer is accepted. The cost of these checks is £50 (incl. VAT) and is payable directly to Lifetime Legal by the buyer.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Connells Group: One of the UK's largest estate agency groups, parent of multiple regional brands. Comparable as a competing UK estate agency network operating in southern England with overlapping service lines, though at much larger scale.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate consultancy with significant UK residential and commercial property services. Comparable as an incumbent operating in the same Buckinghamshire and Home Counties market Crendon House serves.
• Savills: Global real estate services firm with a strong UK residential sales, lettings, and property management practice. Comparable as a competitor in Buckinghamshire/Henley-area premium residential markets where Crendon House also operates.
• Foxtons: London-centric estate agency with growing commuter-belt coverage, including parts of Buckinghamshire. Comparable as a sales-led UK estate agency competing for the same vendor and landlord customers in the south-east.

Emerging players

• Purplebricks: UK online/hybrid estate agency offering flat-fee and traditional services. Relevant to Crendon House as a digital-first disruptor reshaping commission expectations and pricing norms in the UK residential market.

Direct peers

• Chancellors: One of the UK's largest independent estate agency groups with a multi-branch network across southern England. Comparable to Crendon House as a regional estate agency offering residential sales, lettings, and property management services with a similar commission-driven model.
• Winkworth: UK estate agency franchise specialising in residential sales, lettings, and property management, with a network of independently owned offices. Comparable to Crendon House's branch-based, local-market positioning and full-service offering.
• Romans: Regional UK estate agency covering southern England with residential sales, lettings, and property management. Comparable to Crendon House in geographic focus and full-service brokerage-plus-management offering.
• Hunters: UK-wide estate agency franchise offering residential sales, lettings, and property management through a network of local branches. Comparable in business model (franchise-driven local estate agency) and target customer (SMB/consumer).
• Carter Jonas: UK regional property consultancy with residential sales, lettings, and commercial property services across southern England. Comparable to Crendon House in regional focus and full-service property offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/crendonhousebucks
• Instagraminstagram.com/crendonhouse
• Xx.com/crendonhouse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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