End Cottage, Pump Lane, Abbotsham, Bideford, EX39 5AY

End Cottage is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Abbotsham, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5AY). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 10 years since the last transfer (June 2016). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 74.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.