Spring Fontein, Fernleigh Road, Wadebridge, PL27 7AY

Spring Fontein is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wadebridge (PL27 7AY). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 65.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £660,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.