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223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 1,259 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 132 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay is £276,367 and its rental estimate is £1,304 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 falls within the TQ1 postal district.
223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay has a single entry in the Land Registry from December 2008 and a single entry in the EPC database dated February 2022.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 4 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, we estimate a market value of £290,186 and a rental value of £1,369 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £257,021 and £1,213 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay has seen its estimated sale value decrease by £8,375 (3.0%) and its estimated rental value grow by £47 per month (3.6%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.7%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay as measuring 132 m2.
That makes it the 6th largest plot in the postcode, where 16 of the 18 other houses have recorded plot data.
223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of C. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 11 Feb 2022.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay completed on 18th December 2008 at £98,500 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 48.5% over the period since December 2008.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay have sold within a radius of 700 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 25th September 2024, was 283, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 3SZ, a freehold house which sold for £350,000.
Read more about house prices in TQ1.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 574 addresses on Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1, 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay comes out as the 131st largest and the 131st most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £16k more expensive than the average property across the TQ1 district.
From 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, the nearest station is Torre, 2.6 kilometres away.
Internet coverage here is poor, based on recent Ofcom data, and connectivity may be weak or unavailable.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Slow/none broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, 35.2% of property is privately owned with a mortgage and 34.3% is privately owned outright.
The graph below shows how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, 20.2% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 23.0% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, the average age was 46.7 and the most common age was 72.
The graph below shows how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, 0.4% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for South West and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 223, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, there are an average of 1.2 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales.