Top Flat, 3 Brunswick Terrace, Torquay, TQ1 4AE

Top Flat is a mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 4AE). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 63 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 37 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 2002–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 is 11.6% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£178/sq ft) was about 55.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2023 for £121,000.