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Get startedChapel Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bush, Bude, Bude (EX23 9JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 192.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold December 2024 for £220,000. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (215 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Chapel Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£236,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 25 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 25 years.
Price per m² for Chapel Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,607
Street avg £1,681
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 207 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
0.2 km
Bush House — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
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6 December 2024Most recent
£220,000
+2.3%over 2 years15 July 2022
£215,000
+261.3%over 22 years27 August 1999
£59,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX23 9JZ: £325,000 (2023–2020).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 17.7 t/year
Closest school
1.3 km
Stratton Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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