Apple Wharf, Flat 25, The Plains, Totnes, TQ9 5QL

Apple Wharf is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Totnes (TQ9 5QL). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 104 m² this is the 20th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in Apple Wharf, where floor areas span 47–118 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 (48 versus a best of 78). Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since May 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 104 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 is 42.3% above the 2004 sale price.