Waterloo Cottage, Fore Street, North Tawton, EX20 2ED

Waterloo Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in North Tawton (EX20 2ED). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 is 35.6% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £225,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.