Flat B, 482 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HN

Flat B is a mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 1HN). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 is 39.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£220/sq ft) was about 30.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £78,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.