12 Higher Street, Dartmouth, TQ6 9RB

12 Higher Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Dartmouth (TQ6 9RB). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 725 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 67 m² this is the 8th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–80 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (15 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (March 2011) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 26). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 67 m² it's 20.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1995–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 31.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.