1 Clarkes Lane, Merton, Okehampton, EX20 3EF

1 Clarkes Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Merton, Okehampton, Okehampton (EX20 3EF). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (142 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2024. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 28.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 36.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £280,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.