Perchwood Cottage, Tuckenhay, Totnes, TQ9 7EQ

Perchwood Cottage is a detached house in Tuckenhay, Totnes, Totnes (TQ9 7EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 222 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 13 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. 9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include subdivision, a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in May 2012. Across 1996–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £878,000 is 31% above the 2012 sale price.