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Get startedSmallridge Cottage is a detached house in Diddies, Bude, Bude (EX23 9NF). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in December 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £375,000 is 40.2% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 36.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 4 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. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in January 2018.
Smallridge Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 17 years.
£267,500
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 17 years.
On epc rating, Smallridge Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,567
Street avg £3,052
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 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
0.5 km
Stratton View Business Park — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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3 January 2018Most recent
£267,500
+114.0%over 16 years18 May 2001
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX23 9NF: £599,950 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Closest school
1.2 km
Stratton Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB
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