Quarries Cottage, Barley Lane, Exeter, EX4 1TA
About Quarries Cottage
Quarries Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 1TA). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £402,000 is 34% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 48.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 93 m² it's 27.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 19 EPCs). Sold June 2021 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- ParkingOff road
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2022RenovationAmendmentIn report
Provision of ground floor bedroom windows and first floor obscured windows to bedroom ensuites.
- Agent
- Woods Design Services
- Council
- 21/1664/FUL
New Windows- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0383/NMA
- Jan 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension and roof space conversion and extension incorporating inverted dormers
- Agent
- Woods Design Services
Extension- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/1664/FUL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Quarries Cottage
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
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£402,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 June 2021Most recent
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX4 1TA: £625,000 (2025–2022).
Everything we know about Quarries Cottage, 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

Versus other Barley Lane homes
Quarries Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£3,226
Street avg £2,952
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
0.1 km
Croft Chase — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Bowhill Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB