3 Fore Street, Pool, Redruth, TR15 3DZ

3 Fore Street is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Pool, Redruth, Redruth (TR15 3DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

Held since April 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (120 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 is 29.7% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 42.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.