Sovereign House, Flat 1, 52 The Terrace, Torquay, TQ1 1DE

Sovereign House is a mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 87 m² this is the 4th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Sovereign House, where floor areas span 77–174 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (68 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Last sale on file: £232,000 in December 2021. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.7% per year.