Careless Whisper, Station Hill, Lelant, St Ives, TR26 3DJ

Careless Whisper is a one-bedroom detached house in Lelant, St. Ives, St Ives (TR26 3DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £235,000 is 35.1% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£462/sq ft) was about 134% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.