Rectory Cottage, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4ER

Rectory Cottage is a detached house in Bridestowe, Okehampton, Okehampton (EX20 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1147 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 107 m² it sits well below the postcode median (212 m² across 5 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 2001–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 sits 73.9% above the 2011 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 73.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.