Cresta, Alverdiscott Road, Bideford, EX39 4DA
About Cresta
Cresta is a four-bedroom detached house in Bideford (EX39 4DA). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £411,000 is 16.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £352,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2008FullIn report
Re-build of existing garage
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/0195/2008/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£411,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£352,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 November 2021Most recent
£352,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 4DA: £185,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in EX39 4DA
10 Alverdiscott Road, Bideford, EX39 4DA
Sold Oct 2022
£620,000Dunromin, Alverdiscott Road, Bideford, EX39 4DA
Sold Oct 2020
£380,0002 Alverdiscott Road, Bideford, EX39 4DA
Sold Sept 2016
£169,0003 Alverdiscott Road, Bideford, EX39 4DA
Sold Jul 2015
£170,0008 Alverdiscott Road, Bideford, EX39 4DA
Sold Mar 2015
£185,000
Versus other Alverdiscott Road homes
Cresta outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,729
Street avg £2,068
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 3.4 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
0.1 km
Sentry Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
East-the-Water Community Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB








