24 Cromwell Road, St Austell, PL25 4PS

24 Cromwell Road is a five-bedroom detached house in St Austell (PL25 4PS). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 11.9% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 57% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold August 2025 for £500,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 175 m² it's 27.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (137 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.