15a, Magdalene Road, Torquay, TQ1 4AF

15a is an end-of-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 4AF). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2023) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on electricity. At 47 m² this is the 18th smallest of 70 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–195 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (88 versus a worst of 27).

Held since May 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 47 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 69 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1995–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £104,000 is 38.7% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.