31 Fore Street, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1AW

31 Fore Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Northam, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1AW). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 126.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £301,276 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.