Flat 2, 17 Castle Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1DR

Flat 2 is a detached house in Barnstaple (EX31 1DR). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 59 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (33–59 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 59 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 is 22.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 15.7% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £130,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.