Myrtle Cottage, Coombe, Kea, Truro, TR3 6AR
About Myrtle Cottage
Myrtle 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.
Energy performance
Myrtle Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Myrtle Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Apr 2019RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed building consent application for re-roofing and internal alterations to roof trusses.
- Agent
- Ward Williams Associates
Listed- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- PA18/09127
- Aug 2018ConditionsIn report
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
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- PA18/05503
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Sales history & valuation
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.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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.
Median price across the last 4 sales in TR3 6AR: £222,500 (2020–2003).
Versus other Coombe homes
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
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Closest school
2.6 km
Kea Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.1dB







