Lower Hyford House, Catshole Lane, Bideford, EX39 3DQ

Lower Hyford House is a four-bedroom detached house in Bideford (EX39 3DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1695 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 157 m² it's 20.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £429,000 is 19.2% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 23.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in September 2012.