4 Menear Road, St Austell, PL25 3DE

4 Menear Road is a five-bedroom detached house in St Austell (PL25 3DE). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £509,000 is 42.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 22.9% below the postcode norm. At 220 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in February 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.