40 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter, EX4 6DB

40 Pennsylvania Road is an eight-bedroom mid-terrace house in Exeter (EX4 6DB). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in November 2018 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Held since May 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 191 m² it's 29.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 28 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1999–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 26.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 is 29.6% above the 2008 sale price.