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

7 Birch Grove is a four-bedroom detached house in West Hill, Ottery St. Mary, Ottery St Mary (EX11 1XP). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

At 144 m² it sits well below the postcode median (222 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £741,000 is 18.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£403/sq ft) was about 86.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £625,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.