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About Smugglers Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Smugglers Cottage is a detached house in Gooseham, Bude, Bude (EX23 9PG). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 114), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 44.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer was April 2025 at £270,000 — fresh data. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E46
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Smugglers Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£284,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 29 years.
Last sold (2025)
£270,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 29 years.
Sales timeline
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for Smugglers Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,857
Street avg £3,701
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bude district page.
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
Marsland Cottage — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX23 9PG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 10 points of interest in total.
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