Holly Cottage, Victoria Road, Hatherleigh, Okehampton, EX20 3JG

Holly Cottage is a one-bedroom detached house in Hatherleigh, Okehampton, Okehampton (EX20 3JG). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (126 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £186,000 is 24% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 31% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £150,000 in July 2018.