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Get started2 The Valley Flats is a mid-terrace house in Bude (EX23 8EP). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 41 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 7 units on file.
At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2011. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Change of use of former workshop/store to two flats together with external weatherboard cladding of all first floor elevations
2 The Valley Flats has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£133,000
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.
Floor Area for 2 The Valley Flats lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
41 m²
Street avg 49 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.4 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
Bencoolen Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in EX23 8EP: £415,000 (2025–2019).
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
EX23 8QU
Closest school
0.4 km
Budehaven Community School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB