The Copse, Dixon Terrace, Yealmpton, Plymouth, PL8 2NB

The Copse is a four-bedroom detached house in Yealmpton, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL8 2NB). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2220 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £847,000 is 40% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 29.3% below the postcode norm.