5 Barn Close, Totnes, TQ9 5GS
About 5 Barn Close
5 Barn Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Totnes (TQ9 5GS). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.
Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 242.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 50 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 3 EPCs). Last sale on file: £240,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
5 Barn Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
5 Barn Close has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 5 Barn Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£226,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 26 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
4 October 2022Most recent
£240,000
+71.4%over 17 years14 September 2005
£140,000
+47.4%over 2 years31 January 2003
£95,000
+90.2%over 4 years4 May 1998
£49,950
+11.0%over 1 year20 June 1996
£45,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ9 5GS: £175,000 (2022–2002).
Versus other Barn Close homes
Price per m² for 5 Barn Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,800
Street avg £2,850
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 57 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Station Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
King Edward VI Community College. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB