Rosemary Cottage, Northlew, Okehampton, EX20 3NL

Rosemary Cottage is a detached house in Northlew, Okehampton, Okehampton (EX20 3NL). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 65.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Sold April 2022 for £535,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.