Gurnards House, Flat 4, Back Lane West, Redruth, TR15 2BT

Gurnards House is a semi-detached house in Redruth (TR15 2BT). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 27 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Gurnards House (27–39 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (44 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (55 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £106,000 is 41.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 86.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £75,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.