4b, Fore Street, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1AW

4b is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northam, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1AW). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 413 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 38 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 43 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–173 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 43 units on file.

At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 42 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 111.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2021 for £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.