Merlewood House, Meadfoot Road, Torquay, TQ1 2JP

Merlewood House is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 2JP). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2207 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 205 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £690,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. 11 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 42.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.