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EX5 1BB

Last sold £524,500 in December 2016

Myrtle Cottage, Exeter

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
8 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
2,260 sq ft / 210 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 12m — higher than about 10% of homes in Exeter

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Price history in context

  • Dec 2016 — £524,500 · +118.5% · 19 pts behind the UK market
  • Aug 2000 — £240,000 · +51.9% · 27 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Dec 1998 — £158,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £524,500 £158,000 1998 2016

The life around it

  • Woodwater Academy 2.6km
  • Clyst St Mary Primary School 4-min walk crosses a major road
  • Digby and Sowton station 1.5km
  • Peamore Wood 6.1km
  • The coast (coastline) 1.1km
  • Lake 350m
  • Pond 723m
  • Exeter Ship Canal 3.1km
  • River Clyst 289m
  • Public Park 1.2km
  • Playing Field 88m
  • Londis 175m
  • Shelter (Opp) 65m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Digby and Sowton, 1.5km away

  • 101 min Bristol

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,600 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle south-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 5% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 144 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Undecided Minor amendment for 21/2345/FUL: Amendment to width of footpath adjacent to Rydon Garage… Apr 2026 source
  • Conditions Proposed porch alterations, rear extension, garden alterations with construction of a… Mar 2026 source
  • Conditions Discharge conditions for 25/1665/FUL : Condition 4 (tree protection) Feb 2026 source
  • Undecided Demolition of garage and store; proposed single storey extension to the south facing… Mar 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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