2 Hill Cottages, Church Hill, Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 9JG

2 Hill Cottages is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Pinhoe, Exeter, Exeter (EX4 9JG). It has a recorded floor area of 279 m² (around 3003 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 279 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£266/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. Sold June 2023 for £800,000.