Rose Cottage, Spar Lane, Illogan, Redruth, TR15 3UR

Rose Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Illogan, Redruth, Redruth (TR15 3UR). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1600 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £323,000 is 33.5% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 30.5% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in June 2012.