4 Coastguard Cottages, Talland Hill, Polperro, Looe, PL13 2SB

4 Coastguard Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Polperro, Looe, Looe (PL13 2SB). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 47.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £375,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.