16 Upton Road, Torquay, TQ1 4AH

16 Upton Road is a semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 4AH). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (April 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 41 m² this is the 5th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–254 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 57% below the 2022 sale of £270,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£612/sq ft) was about 232.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it's 25.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 28 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold March 2022 for £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.