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Get started12 Orchard Cottages is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lamerton, Tavistock, Tavistock (PL19 8RX). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–133 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 sits 71.4% above the 2020 sale of £77,000. Last sale on file: £77,000 in February 2020. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 43 m² it's 28.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 15 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
12 Orchard Cottages has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£132,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.1% per year over 22 years.
£77,000
Growth on file: 1.1% per year over 22 years.
EPC Rating for 12 Orchard Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,791
Street avg £1,944
Floor Area
43 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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4 February 2020Most recent
£77,000
-12.0%over 7 years16 March 2012
£87,500
-35.2%over 5 years13 October 2006
£135,000
+8.0%over 5 years16 March 2001
£125,000
+108.3%over 3 years17 September 1997
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL19 8RX: £125,000 (2022–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
PL19 8RB
Venn Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Lamerton CofE Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB
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