1 Daison Cottages, Lymington Road, Torquay, TQ1 4HB

1 Daison Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 4HB). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90).

Held since April 2000 — that's 26 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. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 sits 300.5% above the 2000 sale of £39,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 50.7% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 20 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).