Orchard House, Jolly S Lane, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AX

Orchard House is a four-bedroom detached house in Porthtowan, Truro, Truro (TR4 8AX). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil.

At 195 m² the property is well over the postcode median (137 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, a basement excavation and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £818,000 is 13.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 39.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £720,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.