Top Flat, 5 Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5PH
About Top Flat
Top Flat is a mid-terrace house in Totnes (TQ9 5PH). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 890 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 40.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 19 EPCs). Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £297,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Top Flat's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Sept 2019
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Planning history
Top Flat has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Top Flat has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£318,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 25 years.
£297,500
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
9 August 2022Most recent
£297,500
+358.0%over 25 years1 May 1997
£64,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ9 5PH: £325,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in TQ9 5PH
3 Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5PH
Sold Oct 2025
£325,000Mount Plym, Flat 4, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5PH
Sold Oct 2024
£185,0002 Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5PH
Sold Jul 2024
£425,00010 Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5PH
Sold Jun 2024
£705,000Mount Plym, Flat 5, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5PH
Sold Apr 2024
£120,000
Versus other Plymouth Road homes
Top Flat outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,596
Street avg £3,938
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 60 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Narrows — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Grove School. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB







