5 Old Road, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BS
About 5 Old Road
5 Old Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Brixton, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL8 2BS). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 397 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in September 2015. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 is 34.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£453/sq ft) was about 92.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
5 Old Road 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Aug 2020
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 5 Old Road, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BS
- Mar 2007ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Replacement of existing rear utility room
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/0120/07/F
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£242,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 15 years.
£180,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
8 September 2015Most recent
£180,000
-1.1%over 4 years5 November 2010
£182,000
+8.3%over 3 years24 October 2007
£168,000
+1.8%over 2 years10 January 2005
£164,950
+33.0%over 3 years14 December 2001
£124,000
+117.5%over 10 months19 February 2001
£57,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL8 2BS: £305,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in PL8 2BS
14 Old Road, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BS
Sold Oct 2023
£378,50011 Old Road, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BS
Sold Sept 2022
£220,00012 Old Road, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BS
Sold Jun 2021
£345,00010 Old Road, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BS
Sold Mar 2021
£305,000Brixton School House, Old Road, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2BS
Sold Sept 2015
£565,000
Versus other Old Road homes
Price per m² for 5 Old Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,878
Street avg £2,823
Floor Area
37 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Winstone Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB







