201a, Union Street, Torquay, TQ1 4BY

201a is a mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 4BY). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 73 m² this is the 20th smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 22 units on file.

Held since April 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 222.5% above the 2001 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£51/sq ft) was about 56.8% below the postcode norm.