2 Smales Cottages, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, EX39 5LN

2 Smales Cottages is a semi-detached house in Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5LN). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On the market in July 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 is 39.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 16.8% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 13 EPCs).