2 Royal Square, St Ives, TR26 2ND

2 Royal Square is a mid-terrace house in St Ives (TR26 2ND). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 675 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2011) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Good to Very Good. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 63 m² this is the 8th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the top.

Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £236,000 is 67.2% below the 2022 sale of £720,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,067/sq ft) was about 251.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 63 m² the property is well over the postcode median (42 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £720,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.