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438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 1,593 ft2 of internal area.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay is £429,874 and its rental estimate is £1,569 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 falls within the TQ1 postal district.
438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay has 41 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in November 2024 and a single entry in the EPC database dated September 2017.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 2 out of 5 and is considered of medium 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 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, we estimate a market value of £451,368 and a rental value of £1,647 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £399,783 and £1,459 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay has seen its estimated sale value decline by £13,027 (3.0%) and its estimated rental value climb by £57 per month (3.6%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 4.4%.
438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 28 Sep 2017.
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 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay completed on 12th November 2024 at £475,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold 4 times.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 42.8% over the period since November 2024.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay have sold within a radius of 510 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 22nd July 2025, was Clarity, Higher Erith Road, Torquay, TQ1 2NQ, a freehold house which sold for £465,000.
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, 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay comes out as the 80th largest and the 49th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £170k more expensive than the average property across the TQ1 district.
From 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, the nearest station is Torquay, 2.4 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast 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 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, 39.2% of property is privately rented and 33.9% 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 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, 7.9% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 28.5% 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 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, the average age was 55.4 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 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, 1.3% 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 438, Babbacombe Road, Torquay, there are an average of 1.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales.