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Cookbury, Holsworthy, Devon

South West

£350,000

Listed on 22/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
4
Type
Bungalow

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden
  • Parking

Description

This detached bungalow is set in a rural hamlet near Holsworthy and has a flexible three- or four-bedroom layout, a garage and extensive off-road parking. The accommodation includes an entrance porch and central hall, a living room opening to a sunroom, a kitchen with a separate utility room, and a snug that could also serve as a fourth bedroom or dining room. The principal bedroom has an en-suite shower room, with a further family bathroom serving the other bedrooms. The property sits within a generous plot with established garden areas, space for growing vegetables, an orchard and a pond. The house is described as requiring modernisation, giving a purchaser scope to update the accommodation and outdoor areas to suit their needs. Solar panels with battery storage are installed. Services include mains electricity and water, private drainage, and heating and hot water supplied by a solid-fuel Rayburn with an electric immersion heater; LPG bottles serve the living-room gas fire. Spray foam insulation is present in the loft, and the EPC is listed as to be confirmed. Holsworthy is around five miles away, with Bude and the North Cornish coast approximately 14 miles away. The property is offered with no onward chain.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

50out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: LOW

This is a flexible rural bungalow with a generous plot and a clear canvas for a medium-scale update. The spacious living room and glazed sunroom look usable already, while the dated finishes, visible wall damage, older flooring and overgrown garden give a buyer scope to make the home their own. The snug offers useful layout flexibility, and the garage, extensive parking and stated solar panels with battery storage add to the appeal. The renovation range is £25,000–£45,000.

The score is held back by gaps in the value assessment rather than a finding that the asking price is too high: floor area is missing, so value against local £/sq ft cannot yet be judged. The overall opportunity is therefore still uncertain despite the property’s space and improvement potential.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the dated finishes and make good the visible wall damage and unfinished flooring.
  • Improve the established garden, including its orchard and vegetable-growing areas, by clearing overgrowth and renewing weathered timber features.
  • Make use of the flexible snug, usable sunroom, garage and extensive off-road parking.

Key risks

  • Roof condition cannot be assessed reliably from the available exterior photographs.
  • Several garden areas are overgrown and timber steps or rails appear weathered, so their condition and the work needed should be checked on inspection.

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Current average variable rate is 6.60%

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£1,322
Based on a loan of £262,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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