18 Portledge Place, Fairy Cross, Bideford, EX39 5AW
About 18 Portledge Place
18 Portledge Place is a two-bedroom detached house in Fairy Cross, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5AW). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in September 1995. 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 £339,000 sits 298.8% above the 1995 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 59.1% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 Portledge Place has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
18 Portledge Place's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£339,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£85,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 September 1995Most recent
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 5AW: £259,950 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in EX39 5AW
21 Portledge Place, Fairy Cross, Bideford, EX39 5AW
Sold Mar 2025
£335,000Rosebank, Portledge Place, Fairy Cross, Bideford, EX39 5AW
Sold Aug 2019
£255,00011 Portledge Place, Fairy Cross, Bideford, EX39 5AW
Sold Jul 2018
£295,00019 Portledge Place, Fairy Cross, Bideford, EX39 5AW
Sold Jan 2014
£195,0009 Portledge Place, Fairy Cross, Bideford, EX39 5AW
Sold Nov 2013
£130,000
Versus other Portledge Place homes
On price per m², 18 Portledge Place runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£842
Street avg £2,200
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
Portledge Gatehouse — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB








