West Winds, Braunton Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1GF

West Winds is a detached house in Barnstaple (EX31 1GF). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2007. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 is 38.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 23.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.