8 Birchwood Gardens, Plymouth, PL7 5DY

8 Birchwood Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Plymouth (PL7 5DY). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2021) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).

Held since November 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 100 m² it's 19% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1995–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £331,000 sits 89.1% above the 2008 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 25.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.