Grove House, Flat 2, Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0HF

Grove House is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Topsham, Exeter, Exeter (EX3 0HF). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 39 m² this is the 6th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in Grove House, where floor areas span 32–92 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (70 versus a worst of 28). The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 39 m² it's 25.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 42 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 34.9% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £109,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.