3 Coastguard Cottages, Helford Passage, Falmouth, TR11 5LB

3 Coastguard Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Helford Passage, Falmouth, Falmouth (TR11 5LB). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 778 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 72 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £659,000 sits 52.9% above the 2003 sale of £431,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£554/sq ft) was about 73.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.