Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Riversea Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Kingswear, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.
At 166 m² it sits well below the postcode median (261 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2002–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,158,000 is 21.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£532/sq ft) was about 31.6% below the postcode norm. Last sold in November 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.
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Riversea Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jan 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 7 January 2025
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A recent planning application at Riversea Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
2 applications on record at Riversea Cottage, Beacon Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, TQ6 0BS
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£1,158,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 14 years.
£950,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 14 years.
14 November 2016Most recent
£950,000
+95.9%over 13 years29 November 2002
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ6 0BS: £2,400,000 (2021–2018).
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Price per m² for Riversea Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,723
Street avg £9,300
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 255 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 13.6 t/year
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
34/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Kingswear (Paignton and Dartmouth Railway) — tram stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Dartmouth Academy. 3 schools nearby.
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