4 Barracuda Flats, Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, PL13 1DT

4 Barracuda Flats is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in East Looe, Looe, Looe (PL13 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 59 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (36–59 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 60). The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 59 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 sits 80.2% above the 2010 sale of £95,470. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 43.6% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.