Fir Mount House, Higher Contour Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, TQ6 0DE

Fir Mount House is a detached house in Kingswear, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £846,000 sits 114.2% above the 2003 sale of £395,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£182/sq ft) was about 44.3% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused.