The Toll House, The Plains, Totnes, TQ9 5DL

The Toll House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Totnes (TQ9 5DL). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1151 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £404,000 is 30.3% above the 2007 sale price.