22 Forde Park, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1DD

22 Forde Park is a detached house in Newton Abbot (TQ12 1DD). It has a recorded floor area of 379 m² (around 4080 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,086,000 is 11.3% below the 2022 sale of £1,225,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 57.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 379 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). 11 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,225,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.