9 Ashley Brake, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1TW

9 Ashley Brake is a five-bedroom detached house in West Hill, Ottery St. Mary, Ottery St Mary (EX11 1TW). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 59.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 173 m² it's 23.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £780,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.