74 Blackboy Road, Exeter, EX4 6TB
About 74 Blackboy Road
74 Blackboy Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 6TB). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 is 24.4% above the 2022 sale price. Sold February 2022 for £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 May 2024
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Planning history
74 Blackboy Road has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Ground floor rear extension to replace existing for use as self-contained flat
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/1456/FUL
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
74 Blackboy Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£336,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.0% per year over 10 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 1.0% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
17 February 2022Most recent
£270,000
+11.3%over 10 years3 October 2011
£242,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX4 6TB: £260,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in EX4 6TB
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Blackboy Road homes
On years held, 74 Blackboy Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,308
Street avg £1,927
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
12/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Henrys Bar — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Ladysmith Junior School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB