Fairlight, Jubilee Road, Totnes, TQ9 5BP

Fairlight is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Totnes (TQ9 5BP). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it A (May 2015); the latest reading is 4 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings.

It hasn't traded since December 2005, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £955,000 sits 109.9% above the 2005 sale of £455,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 18.7% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, partial demolition, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 174 m² it's 16.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (149 m² median across 26 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).