13 Barwis Terrace, Penzance, TR18 2AW

13 Barwis Terrace is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Penzance (TR18 2AW). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 27.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 is 12.7% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 44.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 87 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2013. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in May 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.