16 Buttgarden Street, Bideford, EX39 2AU

16 Buttgarden Street is an end-of-terrace house in Bideford (EX39 2AU). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 49 m² this is the 8th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–372 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 38 units on file.

Sold September 2024 for £197,500. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 49 m² it's 24.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 37 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 425.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.