Flat, 8 Fore Street, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4NE

Flat is a mid-terrace house in St. Marychurch, Torquay, Torquay (TQ1 4NE). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

Held since December 2001 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 sits 51.2% above the 2001 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 74.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.