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1 planning record
About Main Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Main Cottage is a detached house in Bystock, Exmouth, Exmouth (EX8 5EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
At 106 m² it sits well below the postcode median (185 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -67.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 sits 1384.4% above the 2021 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 90.5% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £32,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Main Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.2 t/year
Occupancy
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Main Cottage, Old Bystock Drive, Bystock, Exmouth, EX8 5EQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Sept 2020RenovationFullApproval - standard time limit
Construction of replacement fence to the front and side
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Main Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£475,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -67.5% per year over 2 years.
Last sold (2021)
£32,000
Growth on file: -67.5% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Old Bystock Drive homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Main Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£302
Street avg £3,997
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 191 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX8 5EQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 37 points of interest in total.
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