Trelyn Cottage, Shutta Road, Looe, PL13 1BJ

Trelyn Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Looe (PL13 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).

At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £360,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 84.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.