The Old Smithy, Denver Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0BS
About The Old Smithy
The Old Smithy is a four-bedroom detached house in Topsham, Exeter, Exeter (EX3 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.
At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £705,000 is 17.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 35% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £600,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Old Smithy has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at The Old Smithy
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- 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.
£705,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 March 2022Most recent
£600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX3 0BS: £977,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in EX3 0BS
4 Denver Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0BS
Sold May 2025
£208,000Cranford House, Denver Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0BS
Sold Mar 2025
£977,0001 Denver Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0BS
Sold Dec 2023
£260,000Boundary House, Denver Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0BS
Sold Apr 2023
£1,200,000Crossmead, Denver Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0BS
Sold Jun 2022
£1,050,000
Everything we know about The Old Smithy, 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 Denver Road homes
Price per m²
£4,651
Street avg £3,738
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
Denver Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Topsham School. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB