7a, St James Place East, Plymouth, PL1 3AS

7a is a mid-terrace house in Plymouth (PL1 3AS). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 70 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (70–248 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 7 units on file. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £361,000 is 19.8% below the 2022 sale of £450,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£597/sq ft) was about 522.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £450,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.