Littlewood, Jubilee Road, Totnes, TQ9 5BP

Littlewood is a five-bedroom detached house in Totnes (TQ9 5BP). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a G (score 7), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2018); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Held since January 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (153 m² across 26 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,625,000 sits 125.7% above the 2004 sale of £720,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,967/sq ft) was about 561.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.