21a, Fore Street, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4PU

21a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St. Marychurch, Torquay, Torquay (TQ1 4PU). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. At 75 m² this is the 33rd smallest of 43 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 43 units on file.

It hasn't traded since March 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 42 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 sits 75% above the 1998 sale of £112,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 52.7% below the postcode norm.