16 Birches Rise, West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3AQ

16 Birches Rise is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in High Wycombe (HP12 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 54 m² this is the 29th smallest of 43 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in August 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £213,000 sits 227.9% above the 1998 sale of £64,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 49% below the postcode norm. At 54 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 42 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs).