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Get started5 Vellanhoggan Mews is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Gulval, Penzance, Penzance (TR18 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £152,000 is 12.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 89.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2024. Past consents include a loft conversion and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2022 for £135,000. 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.
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at 5 Vellanhoggan Mews.
Proposed loft conversion with rooflights, solar panels on the south roof slope and internal alterations
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£152,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.6% per year over 18 years.
£135,000
Growth on file: 1.6% per year over 18 years.
Years Held for 5 Vellanhoggan Mews lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,813
Street avg £2,251
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Tesco — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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12 August 2022Most recent
£135,000
+32.4%over 17 years6 October 2004
£102,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR18 3DN: £160,000 (2020–2017).
7 Vellanhoggan Mews Vellanhoggan Gulval Penzance
Sold Nov 2020
6 Vellanhoggan Mews Vellanhoggan Gulval Penzance
Sold Nov 2020
Mill House Vellanhoggan Gulval Penzance
Sold Jun 2019
4 Vellanhoggan Mews Vellanhoggan Gulval Penzance
Sold Mar 2018
1 Vellanhoggan Mews Vellanhoggan Gulval Penzance
Sold Feb 2016
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
TR18 3JH
Closest school
0.3 km
Gulval School. 11 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB
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