Last sold £140,000 in June 2009

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• Jun 2009 — £140,000 · +169.5% · 25 pts ahead of the UK market
• Sep 1997 — £51,950

The life around it

• Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, Torquay 5-min walk
• St Margaret's Academy 3-min walk
• 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

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,750 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a moderate south-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 7% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

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 — 79 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

• 15, Blake Close, Torquay £45,500 · 1996
• 6, Blake Close, Torquay £100,000 · 2002
• 31, Blake Close, Torquay £138,500 · 2003
• 17, Blake Close, Torquay £125,000 · 2003
• 9, Blake Close, Torquay £165,000 · 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.