Gairloch, Flat 4, Museum Road, Torquay, TQ1 1DW

Gairloch is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Gairloch, where floor areas span 30–92 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 6 units on file.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (92 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2021 for £88,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 31.8% above the 2021 sale price.