2 Hillside Cottages, Underhill, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 5HQ

2 Hillside Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lympstone, Exmouth, Exmouth (EX8 5HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since December 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 is 19.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 134.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £375,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.