18 Ballards Crescent, West Yelland, Barnstaple, EX31 3EU

18 Ballards Crescent is a two-bedroom detached house in West Yelland, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 3EU). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £278,000 is 47.9% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 29.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.