13 Ballards Way, Ballards Crescent, West Yelland, Barnstaple, EX31 3ER

13 Ballards Way is a three-bedroom detached house in West Yelland, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 3ER). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2014) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Earlier certificates rated it A (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 113 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £364,000 is 45.6% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 151.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.