Flat 1, 79 Church Lane, Barnstaple, EX31 1BH

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barnstaple (EX31 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (30–42 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to E, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2016. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since October 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 sits 662.5% above the 1996 sale of £16,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£35/sq ft) was about 83.6% below the postcode norm. At 42 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 5 EPCs).