1 Petitor Road, Torquay, TQ1 4QA

1 Petitor Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Torquay (TQ1 4QA). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 20 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 £193,000 sits 127.1% above the 2013 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 58.1% below the postcode norm. On the market in March 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.