5 Essington, North Tawton, EX20 2EX

5 Essington is a five-bedroom detached house in North Tawton (EX20 2EX). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2295 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (161 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £547,000 is 33.9% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£178/sq ft) was about 36.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.