Bugford Cottage, East Down, Barnstaple, EX31 4LZ

Bugford Cottage is a detached house in East Down, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 4LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil.

On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 9 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £644,000 is 31.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 19% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £490,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.