Chuckle Cottage, Main Street, Blackawton, Totnes, TQ9 7BG

Chuckle Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Blackawton, Totnes, Totnes (TQ9 7BG). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 5 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2018–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 74.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £625,000 in October 2024.