Middle Flat, 3 Hillsborough Avenue, Exeter, EX4 6BW

Middle Flat is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Exeter (EX4 6BW). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (155 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 is 16.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£275/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in October 2015.