26 Kents Lane, Torquay, TQ1 2PP

26 Kents Lane is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 2PP). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 30.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £345,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.