4 Town Farm Cottages, Blackawton, Totnes, TQ9 7BU
About 4 Town Farm Cottages
4 Town Farm Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Blackawton, Totnes, Totnes (TQ9 7BU). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.
Held since November 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 sits 61.4% above the 2006 sale of £285,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 57.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2007. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDouble
- Notable viewsYes
Energy performance
4 Town Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Sept 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2007DemolitionFullIn report
Minor internal alterations, demolition of existing utility, blocking up existing external doorway and installation of new patio doors in place of existing window
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/0478/07/F
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Town Farm Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.4% per year over 8 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 11.4% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
17 November 2006Most recent
£285,000
+142.6%over 8 years3 September 1998
£117,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in TQ9 7BU: £128,750 (2020–1998).
Everything we know about 4 Town Farm Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus the street
4 Town Farm Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,875
Street avg £1,861
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.6 km
Woodlands Leisure Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Blackawton Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB