1 Connaught Villas, Royal Square, St Ives, TR26 2ND

1 Connaught Villas is an end-of-terrace house in St Ives (TR26 2ND). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in May 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (42 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 sits 161.2% above the 1998 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 72.3% below the postcode norm.