Wellswood Court, Flat 3, 468 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HN

Wellswood Court is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 1HN). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 64 m² this is the 4th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Wellswood Court, where floor areas span 54–68 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 (42 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 10.3% below the 2022 sale of £175,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 48.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2022 for £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.