Kea House, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
About Kea House
Kea House is a detached house in Porthtowan, Truro, Truro (TR4 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2022. The latest certificate (June 2024) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £729,000 sits 341.8% above the 2022 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 60.9% below the postcode norm. Sold October 2022 for £165,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Kea House's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2023New BuildAmendmentIn report
Reserved matters application (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for two dwellings, details following outline consent PA21/03533 dated 09.09.2021 without compliance with condition 1 of decision notice PA22/07334 dated 03/03/2023.
- Agent
- Oakes Drafting Services Ltd
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- PA23/04197
What's in Kea House, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Kea House's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2022).
£729,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£165,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 October 2022Most recent
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 8AS: £500,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in TR4 8AS
Morwyns, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Nov 2025
£520,0001 Ivy Cottage, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Jul 2025
£440,000Fuchsia, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Sept 2023
£335,000Zenith, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Jul 2023
£695,000Borlowen, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Aug 2022
£565,000
Everything we know about Kea House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Chapel Hill homes
Kea House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£793
Street avg £2,491
Floor Area
208 m²
Street avg 125 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.1 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 12 years
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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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chapel Meadow — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Mount Hawke Academy. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB