Sefton Court, Flat 5, Bedford Road, Torquay, TQ1 3LJ

Sefton Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 3LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. At 41 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Sefton Court, where floor areas span 36–66 m². On EPC score it ranks first in the building (79 versus a worst of 70). The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 41 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 34 EPCs). Across 2008–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 is 45.5% above the 2011 sale price.