3 Hillside Avenue, Plymouth, PL4 6PR

3 Hillside Avenue is an eight-bedroom mid-terrace house in Plymouth (PL4 6PR). It has a recorded floor area of 261 m² (around 2809 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 261 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £358,000 sits 563% above the 1997 sale of £54,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£19/sq ft) was about 82.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.