Western Rays, Dunheved Road, Launceston, PL15 9JE

Western Rays is a four-bedroom detached house in Launceston (PL15 9JE). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2020. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 132 m² it's 21.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 29 EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 112.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.