Pump Cottage, 8 Devoran Lane, Devoran, Truro, TR3 6PA

Pump Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Devoran, Truro, Truro (TR3 6PA). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold March 2021 for £280,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2011. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £310,000 is 10.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 70.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.