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Get startedHigher Brownstone is a detached house in Black Dog, Crediton, Crediton (EX17 4QE). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £534,000 is 11% below the 2018 sale of £600,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£422/sq ft) was about 148.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 132 m² it sits well below the postcode median (216 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £600,000 in June 2018.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at Higher Brownstone in 2022.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of single storey rear extension
£534,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Price per m² for Higher Brownstone runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,545
Street avg £2,367
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 242 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Beech Hill Cross — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension following removal of existing
13 June 2018Most recent
£600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX17 4QE: £550,000 (2012–2003).
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 9.8 t/year
EX17 4LU
Closest school
2.2 km
Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB
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