5 Ellacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 3AT

5 Ellacombe Road is a mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 3AT). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 56 m² this is the 8th smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (75 versus a worst of 4). The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good.

At 56 m² it's 26.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 38 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2010–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at -7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 25.6% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£207/sq ft) was about 63.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in September 2013.