Silver Birch, Ridgeway, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1DX

Silver Birch is a four-bedroom detached house in Ottery St Mary (EX11 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £615,000 is 29.5% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.