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Get startedMelvia Cottage is a detached house in Newlyn, Penzance, Penzance (TR18 5HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a G (score 5), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 44 m² it's 24.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 is 32.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 41.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
Melvia Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 May 2022
Melvia Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£226,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£171,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Melvia Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,886
Street avg £3,379
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 68 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 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
47.4dB

18 March 2016Most recent
£171,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR18 5HZ: £225,000 (2024–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
Newlyn Bridge — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Newlyn School. 9 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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