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Get startedFlat 2 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Penzance (TR18 2AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 36 m² this is the 5th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–134 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 (47 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£266/sq ft) was about 51.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it's 26.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 36 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £103,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£110,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 7 years.
£103,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 7 years.
On epc rating, Flat 2 runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,861
Street avg £2,417
Floor Area
36 m²
Street avg 45 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
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26 August 2022Most recent
£103,000
+47.1%over 7 years17 July 2015
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR18 2AJ: £130,000 (2024–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 1.6 t/year
TR18 2BQ
Tremenhere Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Humphry Davy School. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB
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