42 Northernhay Street, Exeter, EX4 3ER

42 Northernhay Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 3ER). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since June 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 22 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. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. On the market in January 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 24% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £527,000 is 27% above the 2014 sale price.