Fountain House, Flat 3, Torwood Gardens Road, Torquay, TQ1 1EQ

Fountain House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). At 89 m² this is the 6th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Fountain House, where floor areas span 42–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (55 versus a best of 73).

8 years since the last transfer (December 2017). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 89 m² it's 20.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 46 EPCs). Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 is 24.3% above the 2017 sale price.