Abbots Keep, Flat 8, Ripon Close, Exeter, EX4 2NG

Abbots Keep is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Exeter (EX4 2NG). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 51 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Abbots Keep (38–51 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 51 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 6 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. Sold December 2021 for £135,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 is 17% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 45.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.