1 Church Cottages, Belstone, Okehampton, EX20 1QZ

1 Church Cottages is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Belstone, Okehampton, Okehampton (EX20 1QZ). 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. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£505/sq ft) was about 111.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £272,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.