2 Clarkes Lane, Merton, Okehampton, EX20 3EF

2 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 (January 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 108), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (142 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £277,000 is 12.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £247,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.