2 Ashtons Row, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, EX39 5LW

2 Ashtons Row is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5LW). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (138 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 16% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 188.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £382,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.