2 Castle Cottages, Castle Lane, Exmouth, EX8 5BR

2 Castle Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Exmouth (EX8 5BR). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £334,000 is 15.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 47.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £290,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.