Quay Gardens, Monmouth Avenue, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0AF
About Quay Gardens
Quay Gardens is a five-bedroom detached house in Topsham, Exeter, Exeter (EX3 0AF). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £959,000 is 20.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£422/sq ft) was about 33.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £795,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Quay Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
21/0176/CAT Ash Tree Tree in above application Cut down tree at ground level
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/1250/CAT
- Oct 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
21/0176/CAT Ash Tree Tree in above application Cut down tree at ground level
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/1250/CATEX
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£959,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£795,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 March 2022Most recent
£795,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX3 0AF: £656,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in EX3 0AF
9 Monmouth Avenue, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0AF
Sold Sept 2024
£900,000Quay Gardens Barn, Monmouth Avenue, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0AF
Sold Dec 2023
£656,0007 Monmouth Avenue, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0AF
Sold Aug 2022
£655,0004 Monmouth Avenue, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0AF
Sold Jul 2022
£1,020,00023 Monmouth Avenue, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0AF
Sold May 2022
£525,000
Everything we know about Quay Gardens, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Monmouth Avenue homes
Quay Gardens is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£4,543
Street avg £5,269
Floor Area
175 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Holman Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
The Topsham School. 5 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB