Buttercombe, Haldon Road, Torquay, TQ1 2LY

Buttercombe is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 2LY). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since June 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £565,000 sits 228.5% above the 2001 sale of £172,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 36.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.