Firsdene, Flat 1, Ellesmere Road, Torquay, TQ1 2QH

Firsdene is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 2QH). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 47 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Firsdene, where floor areas span 38–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 6 units on file.

Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 is 11.2% below the 2022 sale of £161,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 74.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2022 for £161,000. Across the public record there are 5 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.