Lorna Doone, Flat 5, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1EG

Lorna Doone is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1EG). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 33 m² this is the 2nd 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 2017) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (55 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold November 2022 for £115,000. 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 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 109.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.