Place Farm, Tavistock Road, Okehampton, EX20 4LR

Place Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Okehampton (EX20 4LR). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 190 m² it's 18% larger than the typical home in the postcode (161 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £741,000 is 18.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 120.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £625,000.