Lansdowne, Flat 8, The Belyars, St Ives, TR26 2DA

Lansdowne is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Ives (TR26 2DA). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 37 m² this is the 4th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in Lansdowne, where floor areas span 27–95 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 (43 versus a best of 77). Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £203,000 in April 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£510/sq ft) was about 184.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.