23b, Fore Street, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4PU

23b is an end-of-terrace house in St. Marychurch, Torquay, Torquay (TQ1 4PU). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 30 m² this is the 5th 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.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 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 £148,000 sits 114.5% above the 1999 sale of £69,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 27.1% below the postcode norm. At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 42 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).