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Get started1 Farm Cottage is a detached house in Upton, Bude, Bude (EX23 0LY). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a G (score 5), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 29 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.
1 Farm Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
1 Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£246,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
EPC Rating for 1 Farm Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
5 (G)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 149 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
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
0.1 km
Phone Box — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in EX23 0LY: £380,000 (2025–2024).
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Closest school
1.7 km
Budehaven Community School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB