5 Queens Gate, Lipson, Plymouth, PL4 7PW

5 Queens Gate is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lipson, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL4 7PW). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 167 m² this is the 18th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–330 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in August 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £294,000 sits 349.8% above the 1999 sale of £65,360. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£36/sq ft) was about 75.9% below the postcode norm.