32 Briwere Road, Torquay, TQ1 4DU
About 32 Briwere Road
32 Briwere Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Torquay (TQ1 4DU). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since January 2020. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 27.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £387,500 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- Summer houseYes
Energy performance
32 Briwere Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Fuel source changed
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Planning history
32 Briwere Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2006BasementFullIn report
Basement And Ground Floor Level Extension (Retrospective)
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- P/2005/2040
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Sales history & valuation
32 Briwere Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£422,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 25 years.
£387,500
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
26 August 2021Most recent
£387,500
+545.8%over 24 years31 October 1996
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ1 4DU: £250,000 (2023–2019).
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Briwere Road homes
32 Briwere Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,307
Street avg £2,093
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Shiphay Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Torre Church of England Academy. 21 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB