Elm Cottage, Ladywell, Barnstaple, EX31 1QS

Elm Cottage is a detached house in Barnstaple (EX31 1QS). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1016 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 52). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 sits 273% above the 1998 sale of £89,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 69.2% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 94 m² it's 16.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).