8 Arthurs Lea, Abbotsham, Bideford, EX39 5AN

8 Arthurs Lea is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Abbotsham, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5AN). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1736 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2009) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 2010–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £399,000 is 47.8% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 34.3% below the postcode norm. On the market in March 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.