485 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HL

485 Babbacombe Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 1HL). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On the market in March 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £372,000 is 24% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 72% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.