Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Walpole House is a three-bedroom detached house in Strete, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0RU). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£477/sq ft) was about 141.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 85 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 30 EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £436,000. 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.
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 June 2031
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system upgraded
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Walpole House 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.
Price for Walpole House has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£458,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 25 years.
£436,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 25 years.
16 September 2021Most recent
£436,000
+71.0%over 8 years13 May 2013
£255,000
-16.4%over 6 years20 August 2006
£305,000
+35.6%over 3 years15 January 2003
£225,000
+251.6%over 6 years28 July 1996
£64,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ6 0RU: £350,000 (2024–2021).
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Walpole House outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,129
Street avg £2,915
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 8.3 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
0.2 km
Coastal Path — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Stoke Fleming Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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