13 Ellacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 3AT

13 Ellacombe Road is a mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 3AT). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a G (score 8), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2011); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in March 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 87 m² it's 16% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 38 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 sits 145% above the 2001 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 50.5% below the postcode norm.