8 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
About 8 Fairlea Crescent
8 Fairlea Crescent is a two-bedroom detached house in Northam, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 102 m² it's 27.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 21 EPCs). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 52.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £411,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Fairlea Crescent has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£430,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 5 years.
£411,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
28 June 2022Most recent
£411,000
+41.7%over 5 years15 June 2017
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1BD: £445,000 (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
£395,00032 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
Sold Oct 2022
£460,0005 Fairlea Crescent, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BD
Sold Sept 2022
£497,000
Versus other Fairlea Crescent homes
8 Fairlea Crescent outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,029
Street avg £3,670
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 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.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB








