3 Desborough Road, Plymouth, PL4 9PN
About 3 Desborough Road
3 Desborough Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Plymouth (PL4 9PN). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 51 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £237,000 is 29.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 24.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £183,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
3 Desborough Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 May 2024
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 3 Desborough Road, Plymouth, PL4 9PN
- Mar 2006Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Formation of room in roofspace involving raising ridge height, rear dormer extension and front rooflight
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/00085/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- Loft ConversionMay 2006Decision
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Sales history & valuation
3 Desborough Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£237,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.5% per year over 7 years.
£183,000
Growth on file: 1.5% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
7 January 2022Most recent
£183,000
+0.5%over 2 years13 June 2019
£182,000
+11.0%over 4 years28 August 2014
£164,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL4 9PN: £200,000 (2022–2022).
Nearby sales in PL4 9PN
Versus other Desborough Road homes
EPC Rating for 3 Desborough Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,525
Street avg £1,386
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cattedown Roundabout — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Salisbury Road Primary School. 29 schools nearby.
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