Flat 7, 59 Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0HL

Flat 7 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Topsham, Exeter, Exeter (EX3 0HL). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 39 m² this is the 7th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–39 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in June 2000. Across 1995–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 sits 217.8% above the 2000 sale of £45,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£107/sq ft) was about 20.8% below the postcode norm. At 39 m² it's 27.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 14 EPCs).