5 Sercombes Gardens, Starcross, Exeter, EX6 8SB

5 Sercombes Gardens is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Starcross, Exeter, Exeter (EX6 8SB). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2008 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 sits 77.2% above the 2008 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 40% below the postcode norm.