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Get started5 Ashley Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Penwithick, St. Austell, St Austell (PL26 8UB). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 127.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £222,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Latest sale on 5 Ashley Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£234,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 24 years.
£222,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 24 years.
Price per m² for 5 Ashley Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,810
Street avg £1,436
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
48.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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16 February 2022Most recent
£222,000
+363.0%over 23 years30 March 1998
£47,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL26 8UB: £145,000 (2024–2019).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
PL26 8AD
Pengrowyn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB
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