4 Birch Grove, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1XP

4 Birch Grove is a five-bedroom detached house in West Hill, Ottery St. Mary, Ottery St Mary (EX11 1XP). It has a recorded floor area of 566 m² (around 6092 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 566 m² the property is well over the postcode median (202 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £1,315,000 in May 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 11 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,479,000 is 12.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 18.3% below the postcode norm.