Castle Grove, Flat 3, 1 Ash Hill Road, Torquay, TQ1 3JB

Castle Grove is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 3JB). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 31 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in Castle Grove, where floor areas span 28–40 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in May 2002. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 47 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 is 18.6% above the 2002 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 163.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.