Shera, South Downs, Redruth, TR15 2NW

Shera is a detached house in Redruth (TR15 2NW). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a G (score 9), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since September 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 96 m² it's 28.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 sits 540% above the 1999 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 82.9% below the postcode norm.