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

5 Birches Rise is a two-bedroom detached house in High Wycombe (HP12 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity. At 55 m² this is the 35th 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 across 43 units on file.

At 55 m² it's 22.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 42 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 is 38.7% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 23.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.