Tamarisk, Burthallan Lane, St Ives, TR26 3AA

Tamarisk is a semi-detached house in St Ives (TR26 3AA). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2019); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £237,000 is 61.8% below the 2022 sale of £620,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,516/sq ft) was about 478.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (174 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, tree works and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £620,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.