27a, South Street, St Austell, PL25 5BJ

27a is a detached house in St Austell (PL25 5BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£283/sq ft) was about 37.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £375,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.