5a, Blackboy Road, Exeter, EX4 6SG

5a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Exeter (EX4 6SG). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 336 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 54). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 31 m² this is the 5th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–120 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (35 versus a best of 69).

At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 is 21.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 27.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in April 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.