Flat 1, 23 Thurlow Road, Torquay, TQ1 3DZ

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom detached house in Torquay (TQ1 3DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 735 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 68 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (33–68 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 68 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 68 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 15.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.