Driftwood Cottage, Steamer Quay Road, Totnes, TQ9 5AL

Driftwood Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Totnes (TQ9 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Across 2001–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £590,000 is 12.6% below the 2025 sale of £675,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£498/sq ft) was about 45.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £675,000 in October 2025. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 126 m² it's 22.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (162 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).