Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Fern Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Dittisham, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0EX). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft) and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 42). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 95 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2010–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,039,000 is 10.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£921/sq ft) was about 160.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
Fern 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Oct 2019
Certificate validity
Expired on 22 October 2019
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Fern Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
6 applications on record at Fern Cottage, Manor Street, Dittisham, Dartmouth, TQ6 0EX
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Fern Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,039,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 5 years.
£942,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 5 years.
10 June 2015Most recent
£942,000
+36.5%over 5 years13 May 2010
£690,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ6 0EX: £850,000 (2025–2023).
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Sold Jan 2024
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Sold Dec 2023
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Sold Sept 2023
On epc rating, Fern Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£9,915
Street avg £6,190
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 133 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
34/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dittisham Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
2.6 km
Galmpton Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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