Higher Spriddlestone Barn, Spriddlestone, Plymouth, PL9 0DW

Higher Spriddlestone Barn is a detached house in Spriddlestone, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL9 0DW). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (February 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £800,000 is 22% below the 2022 sale of £1,025,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£925/sq ft) was about 647.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 103 m² it sits well below the postcode median (240 m² across 4 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 sale on file: £1,025,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.