2a, Monks Road, Exeter, EX4 7AY

2a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Exeter (EX4 7AY). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The home occupies a corner plot.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in March 2008. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 91 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £174,000 is 16% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 159% above the typical sold price in the postcode.