TQ1 4UJ
Last sold £125,000 in August 2003
17, Blake Close, Torquay
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Aug 2003 — £125,000 · +38.9% · 31 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 2003 — £90,000
What this home might be worth today
£275,000
Estimate range £262,000–£289,000
+120.2% since August 2003 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 162 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay 223m
- St Margaret's Academy 184m
- Torre station 1.6km
- Butterball Copse 6.9km
- The coast (coastline) 1.1km
- Lake 4.9km
- Pond 696m
- Canal 8.3km
- Aller Brook 3.0km
- Public Park 553m
- Play Area 406m
- Tesco Express 423m
- West Hill Cross (Ne-Bound) 216m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Torre, 1.6km away
- 90 min Bristol
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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2 Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.1 miles State Ofsted Good
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3 St Cuthbert Mayne School · Secondary · Roman Catholic/Church of England 0.1 miles State Attainment 8: 37.3 (2023)
Planning
- In the St Marychurch conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
- In a tree preservation zone — works to trees need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 81 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 15, Blake Close, Torquay £45,500 · 1996
- 6, Blake Close, Torquay £100,000 · 2002
- 31, Blake Close, Torquay £138,500 · 2003
- 9, Blake Close, Torquay £165,000 · 2009
- 4, Blake Close, Torquay £140,000 · 2009
- 14, Blake Close, Torquay £170,000 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Roof alterations to include hip to gable and first floor extension with pitched dormer to… May 2026 source
- Rejected Loft conversion, including rooflights & rear dormer with roof terrace. Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Alterations and extension to rear of garage-workshop to form one-bedroom annexe,… Nov 2025 source
- Undecided The following tree works are proposed in accordance with the recommendations contained… May 2026 source
- Permitted This site is very overgrown. Trees are densely populated, suppressing one another, and… Aug 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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