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Get startedMyrtle Cottage is a detached house in Kea, Truro, Truro (TR3 6AR). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Myrtle Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Myrtle Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
Listed building consent application for re-roofing and internal alterations to roof trusses.
Myrtle Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£554,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, Myrtle Cottage stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 38 (F)
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Tolverne Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Submission of details to discharge conditions 3 (window and door details), 4 (lime pointing and chimney brick detail) and 5 (roof vent details) in respect of listed building consent PA17/07603
2 more applications for this property
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Median price across the last 4 sales in TR3 6AR: £222,500 (2020–2003).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
TR3 6HJ
Closest school
2.6 km
Kea Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.1dB