5 Bishops Close, Torquay, TQ1 2PL

5 Bishops Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Torquay (TQ1 2PL). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 200 m² the property is well over the postcode median (136 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 77.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £780,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.