472 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HN

472 Babbacombe Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1HN). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). At 41 m² this is the 6th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–143 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 24 units on file.

It hasn't traded since August 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1999–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 34.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 58.5% above the 2001 sale of £142,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 90.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.