1 Sand Cottages, Devoran, Truro, TR3 6PF
About 1 Sand Cottages
1 Sand Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Devoran, Truro, Truro (TR3 6PF). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 46 m² it's 24.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (37 m² median across 3 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Aug 2017FullIn report
Proposed installation of post septic tank/secondary sewage treatment plant (to serve 4no. existing cottages) to discharge into adjacent Carnon River
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/05993
- Apr 2016Tree WorksTreesIn report
Various tree works
- Agent
- Tretec Ltd
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- PA16/03025
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Sales history & valuation
1 Sand Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£183,000
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 5 sales in TR3 6PF: £430,000 (2022–1996).
Nearby sales in TR3 6PF
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£430,000The Grange, Devoran, Truro, TR3 6PF
Sold Jun 1999
£325,000Carnon Gate, Tresillian Cottage, Devoran, Truro, TR3 6PF
Sold Jan 1996
£57,000
Versus the street
On epc rating, 1 Sand Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 39 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Greenbank Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Devoran School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB







