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

23 Birches Rise is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in High Wycombe (HP12 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 585 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. At 54 m² this is the 34th 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 2010) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 54 m² it's 20.7% 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). Across 1995–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £202,000 is 44.8% above the 2006 sale price.