142a, Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AN

142a is a detached house in Exeter (EX4 3AN). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 34 m² this is the 5th smallest of 53 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–96 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (21 versus a best of 80).

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in September 2006. At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (54 m² across 52 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,202/sq ft) was about 669.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.