Garden House, Academy Place, St Ives, TR26 1HH
About Garden House
Garden House is a semi-detached house in St Ives (TR26 1HH). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 897 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £425,000 is 29.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 41.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
Energy performance
Garden House's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 May 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Garden House has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Nov 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey ground floor extension (re-design of approved W1-10-0210-HP and PA17/00771).
- Agent
- R A Design
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- PA18/09000
- Sept 2017ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed raising of the ridge height to provide additional storey. Replacing existing conservatory with single storey extension to provide entrance lobby and wet room.
- Agent
- R A Design
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/00771
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Sales history & valuation
Garden House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£425,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 13 years.
£329,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
28 August 2014Most recent
£329,000
+46.2%over 10 years22 March 2004
£225,000
+32.4%over 2 years1 July 2001
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR26 1HH: £292,500 (2024–2006).
Nearby sales in TR26 1HH
Academy Cottage, Flat 1, Academy Place, St Ives, TR26 1HH
Sold Jun 2024
£292,5001 Academy Place, St Ives, TR26 1HH
Sold Nov 2021
£450,0007 Academy Place, St Ives, TR26 1HH
Sold Feb 2006
£268,000Academy Cottage, Flat 2, Academy Place, St Ives, TR26 1HH
Sold Feb 2005
£300,0002 Academy Place, St Ives, TR26 1HH
Sold Oct 1996
£54,000
Versus other Academy Place homes
On floor area, Garden House stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 66 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Tate Gallery — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St Ives Infant School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB







