Primrose Cottage, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS

Primrose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Porthtowan, Truro, Truro (TR4 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since July 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £480,000 sits 585.7% above the 2000 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£37/sq ft) was about 80.3% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.