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Lorna Doone, Flat 2, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1EG

Property type
Semi-detached
Floor Ground
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
45 m²
484 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 60
Council tax
Band A
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Lorna Doone

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Lorna Doone is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1EG). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Lorna Doone, where floor areas span 28–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 9 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 45 m² it's 18.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 23 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £120,000 is 41.3% above the 2019 sale price. Sold March 2019 for £84,950.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms1

Outside

  • Communal gardenYes
  • ParkingAllocated
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D60
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
2.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Lorna Doone, Flat 2, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1EG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Lorna Doone has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

4applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Lorna Doone's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£120,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.2% per year over 16 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2019)

£84,950

Growth on file: -0.2% per year over 16 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 29 March 2019Most recent

    £84,950

    -2.4%over 15 years

  2. 26 June 2003

    £87,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ1 1EG: £130,000 (2025–2019).

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On the street

Versus other Torwood Gardens Road homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Lorna Doone outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,888

Street avg £1,892

On par

Floor Area

45 m²

Street avg 53 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 2 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

2.6 t/year

Street avg 2.6 t/year

On par
Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Torquay district page.
Full Torquay report

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

Museum — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TQ1 1EG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for TQ1 1EG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for TQ1 1EG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Lorna Doone, Flat 2, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1EG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.