Apartment 5, 143 Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AN

Apartment 5 is a mid-terrace house in Exeter (EX4 3AN). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity.

Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £115,000. Across the public record there are 4 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 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 20.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£248/sq ft) was about 64.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it's 19.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 52 EPCs).