5 Railway View, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BG

5 Railway View is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brixton, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL8 2BG). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 106), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a loft.

At 85 m² it's 28.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 sits 99.2% above the 2014 sale of £132,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 41.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.