Morton Cottage, The Strand, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 5JR

Morton Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lympstone, Exmouth, Exmouth (EX8 5JR). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in October 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 22% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 is 34.4% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 27.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.