40 Lower Cross Road, Bickington, Barnstaple, EX31 2LE

40 Lower Cross Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bickington, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 2LE). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2024) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

A recent sale: £550,000 in April 2025. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 154 m² it's 29.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 25 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 59.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.