2 Rock House, Rock House Lane, Maidencombe, Torquay, TQ1 4SX

2 Rock House is an end-of-terrace house in Maidencombe, Torquay, Torquay (TQ1 4SX). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 78.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 is 42% below the 2022 sale of £295,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 135.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £295,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.