1 St James Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter, EX4 7AF

1 St James Court is a two-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 7AF). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 63 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (56–63 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (68 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (April 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 31.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £207,500 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.