17 Barkus Way, Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, HP14 3RD

17 Barkus Way is a semi-detached house in Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3RD). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 78 m² this is the 26th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–92 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 78 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 sits 162.9% above the 2002 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 43% below the postcode norm.