School House, Dunsford Road, Exeter, EX4 1LF
About School House
School House is a detached house in Exeter (EX4 1LF). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a G (score 3), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 44), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £474,000 is 40.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 25.9% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £337,700. 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 2023.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
School House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at School House was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Oct 2023FullIn report
Creation of access onto Buddle Lane.
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/0601/FUL
We flagged 3 things worth checking at School House
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£474,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£337,700
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 March 2021Most recent
£337,700
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX4 1LF: £461,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in EX4 1LF
Everything we know about School House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
Versus other Dunsford Road homes
On price per m², School House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,876
Street avg £3,139
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
23.0 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
12/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
First and Last Apartments — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bowhill Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB