16 The Plat, Strete, Dartmouth, TQ6 0SE

16 The Plat is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Strete, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0SE). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

It hasn't traded since October 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £262,000 sits 109.6% above the 2002 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 34.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2014. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.