Holly Cottage, Fore Street, Holbeton, Plymouth, PL8 1NA

Holly Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Holbeton, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL8 1NA). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (August 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 50), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £465,000 sits 50% above the 2012 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm. On the market in March 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.