14 Devonshire Place, Exeter, EX4 6JA

14 Devonshire Place is a nine-bedroom semi-detached house in Exeter (EX4 6JA). It has a recorded floor area of 267 m² (around 2874 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Held since May 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 267 m² the property is well over the postcode median (152 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 9 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £776,000 sits 99% above the 2009 sale of £390,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 39.9% below the postcode norm.