5a, Mayflower Avenue, Exeter, EX4 5DS

5a is a five-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 5DS). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £500,000 sits 52.9% above the 2007 sale of £327,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2008.