Highcliffe Cottage, Sowden Lane, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 5HB

Highcliffe Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Lympstone, Exmouth, Exmouth (EX8 5HB). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £843,000 is 40.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 49.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.