8 Fernhill Apartments, St Ives Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, TR26 2JT

8 Fernhill Apartments is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Carbis Bay, St. Ives, St Ives (TR26 2JT). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 57 m² this is the 8th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 57 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£766/sq ft) was about 45% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £470,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.