Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
4 Severns Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Strete, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2023. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since October 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2002–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 39.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £382,000 sits 66.1% above the 2003 sale of £230,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 3 July 2035
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Mechanical ventilation installed
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Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
3 applications on record at 4 Severns Cottages, Strete, Dartmouth, TQ6 0RJ
Alterations to windows and existing extension, and erection of new conservatory/porch
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£382,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 39.1% per year over 2 years.
£230,000
Growth on file: 39.1% per year over 2 years.
31 October 2003Most recent
£230,000
+76.9%over 1 year7 February 2002
£130,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in TQ6 0RJ: £199,000 (2017–2003).
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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
0.2 km
Frogwell — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Stoke Fleming Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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