1 Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0EQ
About 1 Elm Grove Road
1 Elm Grove Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Topsham, Exeter, Exeter (EX3 0EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
At 144 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (177 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £787,000 is 31.2% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2020 for £600,000.
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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
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
1 Elm Grove Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Elm Grove Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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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
1 Elm Grove Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£787,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 23 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
24 January 2020Most recent
£600,000
+106.9%over 18 years22 July 2001
£290,000
+95.9%over 4 years11 July 1997
£148,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX3 0EQ: £1,150,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in EX3 0EQ
28 Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0EQ
Sold May 2025
£1,150,00032 Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0EQ
Sold Mar 2025
£1,776,00024 Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0EQ
Sold Feb 2025
£990,00015 Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0EQ
Sold Nov 2022
£1,700,00020 Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0EQ
Sold Feb 2020
£650,000
Everything we know about 1 Elm Grove Road, 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 Elm Grove Road homes
On floor area, 1 Elm Grove Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,167
Street avg £4,513
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 192 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 7.2 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
Bridge Hll — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
The Topsham School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB