17 St Marys Flats, Buttgarden Street, Bideford, EX39 2AY

17 St Marys Flats is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bideford (EX39 2AY). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 43 m² this is the 4th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 17 units on file.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in March 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £105,000 sits 483.3% above the 1999 sale of £18,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 54.7% below the postcode norm. At 43 m² it's 17.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 16 EPCs).