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What Happened to Number Nine B&B After The Hotel Inspector? (Torquay, UK)

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As of October 2026, Number Nine B&B has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, August 8, 2025.

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abritel.fr ·
Secondary source
airbnb.co.uk

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What the source shows: Two holiday-rental listings describe the same-named Torquay house as a former guest house now let to large groups, and the Abritel host says it appeared on the programme.

  • Season / episode Season 4, Episode 5
  • Original air date
  • Address 9 Old Torwood Rd, Torquay TQ1 1PR

Address

9 Old Torwood Rd, Torquay TQ1 1PR

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What happened after The Hotel Inspector?

Number Nine B&B in Torquay appeared in the fifth episode of series 4 of The Hotel Inspector (Channel 5), which aired on 2008-08-07. Wikipedia's episode list says Alex Polizzi set out to relaunch the property as a 1950s-style B&B. Ranker's entry for the episode describes a 12-room guest house that was losing both guests and money, with an owner who needed outside help. Neither source records how the visit turned out.

Two holiday-rental listings read on 2026-10-19 describe a house of the same name as a former guest house. The Abritel (Vrbo) listing for Number Nine Torquay calls it a former boutique guest house over four storeys with a hot tub, let as a holiday rental for large groups. Its host says the house featured in the Hotel Inspector programme, although the listing names Channel 4 rather than Channel 5. The newest review on that page is dated 2025-08-08 and the one before it 2024-07-10, and the page shows a 9.8 out of 10 rating from 19 reviews. An Airbnb listing titled Boutique 4 storey home with Hot Tub - sleeps 24 also uses the name Number Nine and says the house is a former guest house. It lists eight bedrooms, with a lounge that can serve as a ninth, and its reviews carry no dates.

A Google Maps listing checked on 2026-10-19 shows Number Nine Torquay Holiday Home at 9 Old Torwood Road, Torquay TQ1 1PR, marked operational. Taken together, the listings show a self-catering holiday rental trading under a near-identical name where the bed-and-breakfast was. None of the pages read mention the original owner, the date of any change of use, or a sale.

Featured on The Hotel Inspector

Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 5
Original air date
Episode title
Number Nine
What was featured
12-room Torquay guest house losing guests and money, relaunched as a 1950s-style B&B
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Number Nine B&B

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Visit info

Address
9 Old Torwood Rd, Torquay TQ1 1PR
Venue type
hotel
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Hotel_Inspector_episodes
  • ranker.com — https://www.ranker.com/list/full-list-of-the-hotel-inspector-episodes/reference
  • abritel.fr — https://www.abritel.fr/location-vacances/p11220563a
  • airbnb.co.uk — https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/8932675

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