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About Leverlake Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Leverlake Cottage is a detached house in Widemouth Bay, Bude, Bude (EX23 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since November 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 sits 66.9% above the 2003 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 109.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (170 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Leverlake Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.4% per year over 7 years.
Last sold (2003)
£245,000
Growth on file: 14.4% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Leverlake Road homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On floor area, Leverlake Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 196 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 11.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Junction Leverlake Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX23 0AB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB
Everything within walking distance
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