The Headlands, Lincombe Drive, Torquay, TQ1 2HH

The Headlands is a detached house in Torquay (TQ1 2HH). It has a recorded floor area of 601 m² (around 6469 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2020) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good.

At 601 m² the property is well over the postcode median (180 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1998–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,536,000 sits 128.2% above the 2016 sale of £673,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 43.3% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in January 2016.