32 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
About 32 Fairlea Crescent
32 Fairlea Crescent is a three-bedroom detached house in Northam, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £460,000 in October 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 37.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageIntegral
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
32 Fairlea Crescent has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Proposed extension
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/1212/2008/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
32 Fairlea Crescent has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£457,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 23 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
4 October 2022Most recent
£460,000
+55.9%over 7 years13 August 2015
£295,000
+26.9%over 7 years24 July 2008
£232,500
+200.0%over 8 years1 September 1999
£77,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1BD: £440,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in EX39 1BD
38 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
Sold Sept 2024
£440,0002 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
Sold Jan 2024
£445,00011 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
Sold Nov 2023
£395,0005 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
Sold Sept 2022
£497,0003 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
Sold Sept 2022
£390,000
Versus other Fairlea Crescent homes
32 Fairlea Crescent outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,898
Street avg £3,677
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB








