Mount Plym, Flat 1, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5PH

Mount Plym is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Totnes (TQ9 5PH). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 33 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Mount Plym (33–120 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 69). Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£450/sq ft) was about 90.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £160,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.