Ash Tree Cottage, Short Cross Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8DU

Ash Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Mount Hawke, Truro, Truro (TR4 8DU). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since March 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 67 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 33 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 32.3% above the 2006 sale price.