9 Orchid Close, Barnstaple, EX31 1AQ
About 9 Orchid Close
9 Orchid Close is a detached house in Barnstaple (EX31 1AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2020. The latest certificate (April 2021) returns an A (score 97), the top energy band on the EPC scale.
At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £561,000 is 20.6% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £465,000 in May 2021. 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
Energy performance
9 Orchid Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
9 Orchid Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
9applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 9 Orchid Close
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.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- 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.
£561,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£465,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 May 2021Most recent
£465,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX31 1AQ: £480,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in EX31 1AQ
Everything we know about 9 Orchid Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Orchid Close homes
EPC Rating for 9 Orchid Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,981
Street avg £3,485
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 113 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.2 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 4 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Curtis Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Pilton Infants' Academy. 12 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
47.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB