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42 Cleave Road, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2DU

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
142 m²
1528 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 52
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 42 Cleave Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

42 Cleave Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Sticklepath, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 2DU). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66).

At 142 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (172 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£327/sq ft) was about 68.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £500,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • DrivewayYes

Building

  • Heating systemGas
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

42 Cleave Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E52
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 42 Cleave Road, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2DU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

42 Cleave Road has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

2applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£514,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2022)

£500,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 5 October 2022Most recent

    £500,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in EX31 2DU: £480,000 (2025–2019).

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On the street

Versus other Cleave Road homes

Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

42 Cleave Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,521

Street avg £2,344

Strongly above

Floor Area

142 m²

Street avg 171 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

6.9 t/year

Street avg 5.7 t/year

Strongly below
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£412k

1 Clampitts Cottages, Bickington

EX31 2NB

4 bed1 bath
£397k

1 Byeways Close, Fremington

EX31 2PL

4 bed2 bath
£507k

1 Coppice Close, Fremington

EX31 2QE

5 bed3 bath
£492k

1 Cleave Road, Sticklepath

EX31 2DU

5 bed2 bath
£380k

1 Colombelles Close, Fremington

EX31 2SN

3 bed
£376k

1 Cleave Park, Fremington

EX31 2NS

3 bed
£353k

1 Crescent Avenue, Sticklepath

EX31 2ED

3 bed
£331k

1 Currington Meadow, Bickington

EX31 2PS

3 bed2 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Barnstaple district page.
Full Barnstaple report

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Stafford — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Petroc. 14 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX31 2DU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for EX31 2DU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

50.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for EX31 2DU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.9dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 42 Cleave Road, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2DU. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.