3 Hood Cottages, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6AB

3 Hood Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Dartington, Totnes, Totnes (TQ9 6AB). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (132 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£523/sq ft) was about 34.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.