5 Bridge Street, Stratton, Bude, EX23 9BW

5 Bridge Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stratton, Bude, Bude (EX23 9BW). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since September 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 12 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. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 sits 361.3% above the 1997 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 54.5% below the postcode norm.