43 Ridgeway, Exeter, EX4 5AR
About 43 Ridgeway
43 Ridgeway is a three-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 5AR). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 717 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 67 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£607/sq ft) was about 142.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £435,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
43 Ridgeway's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Aug 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
43 Ridgeway has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Ground floor extension and dormer window on north east elevation
- Agent
- Carole Trim Architect
- Council
- 12/0295/P
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/0684/FUL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 43 Ridgeway
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 43 Ridgeway was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£427,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 10 years.
£435,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
18 February 2022Most recent
£435,000
+95.9%over 10 years19 October 2011
£222,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX4 5AR: £330,000 (2025–2020).
Everything we know about 43 Ridgeway, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Ridgeway homes
43 Ridgeway outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,534
Street avg £3,140
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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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
0.1 km
Old Pub — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Thomas Hall School. 11 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB