3 Buckland Barton Cottages, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4SA

3 Buckland Barton Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Newton Abbot (TQ12 4SA). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on wood logs. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 20.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £472,000 sits 52.3% above the 2005 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 30.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 103 m² it's 24.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 11 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.