Ashley Cottage, Bay View Road, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BH

Ashley Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Northam, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 40 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold April 2025 for £675,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 38.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.