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Get startedMidsummer Cottage is a detached house in Poughill, Bude, Bude (EX23 9ER). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £664,000 is 38.3% above the 2011 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in August 2011. At 171 m² it's 22.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (221 m² median across 3 EPCs).
Midsummer Cottage has an approved extension on the planning record.
Workings to trees within Conservation Area namely Felling of Magnus Carpa (Tree A), removal of Fagus sylvatica (T1 and T3) and reshaping of T2 by way of crown reduction (by 15 - 20%) and removal of large Griselinia shurb (B).
Midsummer Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£664,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 6 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 6 years.
On epc rating, Midsummer Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 81 (C)
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 175 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 2.6 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
Bus Shelter — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Cavity wall insulation installed
Roof insulation improved
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Proposed extension
5 August 2011Most recent
£480,000
+60.0%over 5 years1 November 2005
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX23 9ER: £490,000 (2025–2008).
Closest school
1.2 km
Stratton Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB
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