517 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HJ
About 517 Babbacombe Road
517 Babbacombe Road is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since March 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £250,000 sits 74.3% above the 1998 sale of £143,400. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2008AmendmentIn report
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use of first floor flat as dwelling house
Retrospective- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- P/2008/0474
- Jun 2008Change of UseOutlineIn report
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed use as 5 residential flats
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- P/2008/0475
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
517 Babbacombe Road has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£250,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£143,400
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 March 1998Most recent
£143,400
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Museum — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Warberry CofE Academy. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB