12a, Exeter Street, North Tawton, EX20 2HB

12a is a three-bedroom detached house in North Tawton (EX20 2HB). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 35 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–276 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 37 units on file.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2013–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 is 37.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£340/sq ft) was about 136.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in March 2016.