Byfields, Park Lane, Blackawton, Totnes, TQ9 7BD

Byfields is a four-bedroom detached house in Blackawton, Totnes, Totnes (TQ9 7BD). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe. The home occupies a corner plot.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 154 m² it's 22.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (126 m² median across 5 EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 15.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £570,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.