Ford Cottage, Old Road, Harbertonford, Totnes, TQ9 7TA

Ford Cottage is a one-bedroom detached house in Harbertonford, Totnes, Totnes (TQ9 7TA). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (July 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 6-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold July 2025 for £170,000. Across 1999–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 108.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.