9 Den Brook Close, Torquay, TQ1 3TP

9 Den Brook Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Torquay (TQ1 3TP). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2063 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include notable views. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2008 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 sits 50.1% above the 2008 sale of £342,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 36.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.