Harbour Heights, Museum Road, Torquay, TQ1 1DW

Harbour Heights is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

At 57 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). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £556,000 is 27.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£709/sq ft) was about 297.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.