3 Burns Avenue, Plymouth, PL5 3LQ
About 3 Burns Avenue
3 Burns Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Plymouth (PL5 3LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1093 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 102 m² it's 26.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 43 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £191,000 sits 83.7% above the 2011 sale of £104,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 23.5% below the postcode norm. 15 years since the last transfer (September 2011).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
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Energy performance
3 Burns Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Mar 2021
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Planning history
3 Burns Avenue has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
3 Burns Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£191,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£104,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 September 2011Most recent
£104,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL5 3LQ: £170,000 (2025–2023).
Versus other Burns Avenue homes
On co₂ emissions, 3 Burns Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,025
Street avg £1,493
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Shakespeare Road Playing Fields — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Shakespeare Primary School. 38 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB