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Get startedMera Cottage is a semi-detached house in Grimscott, Bude, Bude (EX23 9LS). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £202,000 is 44.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £140,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Price for Mera Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£202,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 26 years.
£140,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 26 years.
Price per m²
£2,059
Street avg £2,859
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 68 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 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
0.1 km
Grimscott Estate — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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25 October 2021Most recent
£140,000
+12.0%over 15 years11 October 2006
£125,000
+21.4%over 3 years3 April 2003
£103,000
+38.3%over 10 months31 May 2002
£74,500
+120.7%over 6 years28 July 1995
£33,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX23 9LS: £190,000 (2025–2013).
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB
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