Flat 3, 17 Castle Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1DR

Flat 3 is an end-of-terrace house in Barnstaple (EX31 1DR). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 33 m² this is the smallest 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 (March 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 is 21.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 35.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £110,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.