5 Clara Place, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0JR

5 Clara Place is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Topsham, Exeter, Exeter (EX3 0JR). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 63.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £700,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.