21 Maer Top Way, Barnstaple, EX31 1RZ

21 Maer Top Way is a five-bedroom detached house in Barnstaple (EX31 1RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a balcony.

At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £480,000 in November 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 22.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.