4 Hopperstyle, Bickington, Barnstaple, EX31 2LA

4 Hopperstyle is a two-bedroom detached house in Bickington, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 2LA). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in July 2020 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 112 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 14 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 46.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 76.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.