5 Market Street, Appledore, Bideford, EX39 1PW

5 Market Street is a detached house in Appledore, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1PW). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 39 m² this is the 6th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 20–161 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 20 units on file.

Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 14% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £153,000 is 56.3% below the 2021 sale of £350,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£834/sq ft) was about 369.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.