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Get startedOld Customs House is a four-bedroom detached house in Gorran Haven, St. Austell, St Austell (PL26 6JG). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1116 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows a G (score 4), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 21). Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since September 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 sits 58.1% above the 2009 sale of £310,000. At 104 m² it's 28% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, partial demolition and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Old Customs House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 May 2019
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Alterations and additions to re-instate period porch, replace cement render with lime based render and install conservation rooflight to rear roof pitch.
Old Customs House has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1996.
£490,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 13 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 13 years.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Alterations and additions to re-instate period porch, replace cement render with lime based render and install conservation rooflight to rear roof pitch.
5 more applications for this property
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15 September 2009Most recent
£310,000
+82.4%over 10 years18 January 1999
£170,000
+38.2%over 2 years28 June 1996
£123,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL26 6JG: £390,000 (2023–2018).
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PL26 6UG
Car Park — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Gorran School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB
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