Flat 5, 48 Torwood Street, Torquay, TQ1 1DT

Flat 5 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 69 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (21–69 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 69 m² it's 29% larger than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 30 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£222/sq ft) was about 68.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Sold August 2021 for £165,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.