2 Buttgarden Street, Bideford, EX39 2AU

2 Buttgarden Street is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bideford (EX39 2AU). It has a recorded floor area of 372 m² (around 4004 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 372 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 37 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. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 sits 114.1% above the 2011 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 58.3% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in December 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.