Fairwinds, Beacon Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, TQ6 0BS

Fairwinds is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingswear, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2023 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a balcony and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since April 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £605,000 sits 202.5% above the 1999 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 83.6% below the postcode norm. At 162 m² it sits well below the postcode median (261 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.