5 Park Avenue, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2ET
About 5 Park Avenue
5 Park Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Sticklepath, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 2ET). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Other recorded features include notable views. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £591,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 17.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £515,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Open-plan layoutYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- ParkingOff road
- Notable viewsYes
- Corner plotYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Park Avenue has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO DWELLING
- Council
- BAC
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 42305
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 5 Park Avenue has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£591,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 24 years.
£515,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
14 December 2021Most recent
£515,000
+595.9%over 24 years10 July 1997
£74,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX31 2ET: £345,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in EX31 2ET
19 Park Avenue, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2ET
Sold Dec 2024
£310,00021a, Park Avenue, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2ET
Sold Apr 2024
£345,00014 Park Avenue, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2ET
Sold May 2023
£326,00012 Park Avenue, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2ET
Sold Oct 2022
£675,00013 Park Avenue, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, EX31 2ET
Sold Aug 2021
£540,000
Everything we know about 5 Park Avenue, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Park Avenue homes
Habitable Rooms for 5 Park Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,366
Street avg £2,807
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Woodville Shops — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Sticklepath Community Primary Academy. 13 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB