St Andrews Monastery, Flat 7, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1AH
About St Andrews Monastery
St Andrews Monastery is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 1AH). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2017. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Most recent transfer: November 2023 at £162,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 62 m² it's 17.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 49.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
St Andrews Monastery's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
St Andrews Monastery has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
St Andrews Monastery's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£176,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.0% per year over 15 years.
£162,500
Growth on file: 1.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
22 November 2023Most recent
£162,500
+4.8%over 1 year21 April 2022
£155,000
+29.2%over 11 years24 February 2011
£120,000
-14.3%over 2 years12 February 2009
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ1 1AH: £134,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in TQ1 1AH
St Andrews Monastery, Flat 10, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1AH
Sold Mar 2023
£170,000St Andrews Monastery, Flat 6, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1AH
Sold Jan 2020
£134,000St Andrews Monastery, Flat 1, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1AH
Sold May 2019
£180,000St Andrews Monastery, Flat 5, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1AH
Sold Feb 2018
£131,800St Andrews Monastery, Flat 2, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1AH
Sold Oct 2015
£200,001
Everything we know about St Andrews Monastery, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area

Versus other Torwood Gardens Road homes
On price per m², St Andrews Monastery stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,621
Street avg £1,810
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ten Pin Bowling Alley — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Warberry CofE Academy. 16 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB