The Bungalow, West Cliff, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AE

The Bungalow is a three-bedroom detached house in Porthtowan, Truro, Truro (TR4 8AE). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2023 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2025) returns an A (score 92), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in July 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. Other recorded features include a balcony, notable views, a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Today's modelled estimate of £1,153,000 is 17.7% below the 2021 sale of £1,400,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£626/sq ft) was about 72.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £1,400,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.