1 Barton Cottages, Whitestone, Exeter, EX4 2LB
About 1 Barton Cottages
1 Barton Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Whitestone, Exeter, Exeter (EX4 2LB). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Most recent transfer: July 2019 at £420,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £469,000 is 11.7% above the 2019 sale price. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Barton Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Barton Cottages has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- May 2005Change of UseAmendmentIn report
Change of use from agricultural land to residential curtilage, including retention of new gates
Retrospective- Reference
- 05/00979/COU
- Oct 2001ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension
- Reference
- 01/03136/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Barton Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£469,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 22 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
11 July 2019Most recent
£420,000
+36.6%over 13 years6 April 2006
£307,500
+87.5%over 5 years8 December 2000
£164,000
+173.3%over 3 years28 February 1997
£60,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in EX4 2LB: £347,000 (2019–2019).
Nearby sales in EX4 2LB
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
0.7 km
Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Exwick Heights Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB