Turtle Cottage, Lewdown, Okehampton, EX20 4PR
About Turtle Cottage
Turtle Cottage is a detached house in Lewdown, Okehampton, Okehampton (EX20 4PR). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 116), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (178 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Turtle Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Turtle Cottage has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2017ExtensionFullIn report
READVERTISEMENT (Amended Description) Householder application for proposed extension to dwelling to provide two additional bedrooms
- Documents
- 30 docs on file
- Reference
- 2218/17/HHO
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Sales history & valuation
Turtle Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£281,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in EX20 4PR: £245,000 (1998–1998).
Nearby sales in EX20 4PR
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Environmental risk flagged
Versus the street
Turtle Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 205 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.6 km
Old Station — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB