Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Captains Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0NU). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 104 m² it's 20.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 70.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £449,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Aug 2022
Certificate validity
Expired on 20 August 2022
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Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Captains Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Captains Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£466,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 26 years.
£449,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 26 years.
9 August 2022Most recent
£449,000
+113.8%over 13 years29 April 2009
£210,000
+116.5%over 12 years24 June 1996
£97,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ6 0NU: £300,000 (2018–2009).
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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
Bidders Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Stoke Fleming Community Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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