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3 sales on record
About Watergate Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Watergate Cottage is a semi-detached house in St. Mabyn, Bodmin, Bodmin (PL30 3BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £378,000 is 31.3% below the 2023 sale of £550,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£623/sq ft) was about 159% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² it's 25.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2023 at £550,000.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Watergate Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E44
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Watergate Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2007.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£378,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 16 years.
Last sold (2023)
£550,000
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Watergate Lane homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for Watergate Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,707
Street avg £4,155
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bodmin district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PL30 3BJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 9 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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