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Get started1 Brook Cottage is a semi-detached house in Lympstone, Exmouth, Exmouth (EX8 5LE). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Brook Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£170,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Saddlers Arms — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Median price across the last 5 sales in EX8 5LE: £475,000 (2025–2017).
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Closest school
0.4 km
Lympstone Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB