1c, Cornhill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1DW

1c is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ottery St Mary (EX11 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since January 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 19.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 is 37.9% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 37% below the postcode norm. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.