12 Southwood Meadows, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, EX39 5LJ

12 Southwood Meadows is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, lighting went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 78 m² it's 24.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£326/sq ft) was about 60.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £274,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.