12 St James Road, Exeter, EX4 6PY

12 St James Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Exeter (EX4 6PY). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Across 1998–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £559,000 is 10.6% below the 2025 sale of £625,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£309/sq ft) was about 20.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer was March 2025 at £625,000 — fresh data.