17a, Melbourne Street, Plymouth, PL1 5HQ

17a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Plymouth (PL1 5HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2025) 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 May 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump.

Held since February 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 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 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 43 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 is 25.5% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 31.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.