Hunters Moon, Flat 9, 500 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HL

Hunters Moon is a one-bedroom detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1HL). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Hunters Moon (40–114 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it B (November 2010); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56).

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold February 2021 for £110,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, partial demolition and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 is 19.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 140.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.