17 Birchwood, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8TY

17 Birchwood is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chineham, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG24 8TY). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since April 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 sits 168.7% above the 2000 sale of £116,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 34.5% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it's 15.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs).