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Get started7 Valley Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bude (EX23 8EP). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Held since September 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 sits 53.8% above the 2009 sale of £242,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 52.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
7 Valley Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£373,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.6% per year over 10 years.
£242,500
Growth on file: 12.6% per year over 10 years.
Floor Area for 7 Valley Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,853
Street avg £2,591
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water efficiency improved
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1 September 2009Most recent
£242,500
+236.8%over 10 years2 June 1999
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX23 8EP: £415,000 (2025–2019).
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
EX23 8DR
Closest school
0.4 km
Budehaven Community School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB
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