Cleve Cottage, Cleve Terrace, Ilsham Road, Torquay, TQ1 2NS
About Cleve Cottage
Cleve Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 2NS). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1112 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in February 2016. Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 is 35.5% above the 2016 sale price. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Cleve Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Aug 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
Beech and conifer- remove
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- AT/2017/0275
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Cleve Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£271,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 February 2016Most recent
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ1 2NS: £125,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in TQ1 2NS
1 Cleve Court, Cleve Terrace, Ilsham Road, Torquay, TQ1 2NS
Sold Aug 2025
£125,0005 Cleve Court, Cleve Terrace, Ilsham Road, Torquay, TQ1 2NS
Sold Jun 2025
£89,0004 Cleve Court, Cleve Terrace, Ilsham Road, Torquay, TQ1 2NS
Sold Dec 2021
£125,0006 Cleve Court, Cleve Terrace, Ilsham Road, Torquay, TQ1 2NS
Sold Nov 2021
£130,0002 Cleve Court, Cleve Terrace, Ilsham Road, Torquay, TQ1 2NS
Sold Jan 2019
£115,000
Everything we know about Cleve Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Cleve Terrace homes
EPC Rating for Cleve Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,935
Street avg £1,796
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Asheldon Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Ilsham Church of England Academy. 12 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB