The Elms, West View Avenue, Bideford, EX39 4AL
About The Elms
The Elms is a four-bedroom detached house in Bideford (EX39 4AL). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £524,000 is 17.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 23.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £445,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
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Energy performance
The Elms's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Elms has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Elms was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£524,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£445,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 January 2021Most recent
£445,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 4AL: £335,000 (2021–2017).
Nearby sales in EX39 4AL
Englyn, West View Avenue, Bideford, EX39 4AL
Sold Sept 2021
£390,000Salamander, West View Avenue, Bideford, EX39 4AL
Sold Oct 2019
£380,0002 West View Avenue, Bideford, EX39 4AL
Sold Feb 2019
£180,000Beech House, West View Avenue, Bideford, EX39 4AL
Sold Dec 2018
£334,0003 West View Avenue, Bideford, EX39 4AL
Sold Sept 2015
£190,000
Versus other West View Avenue homes
Floor Area for The Elms runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,908
Street avg £2,275
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Salterns Terrace — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
East-the-Water Community Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB