5 Pearson Road, Plymouth, PL4 7DH

5 Pearson Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Plymouth (PL4 7DH). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 10 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 £316,000 sits 122.5% above the 2013 sale of £142,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2013. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in July 2013.