2 Southdown Cottages, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SA

2 Southdown Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Higher Clovelly, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5SA). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £535,000 is 28.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 16% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £415,000.