Sunny Cottage, Carnhot, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8HB

Sunny Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Blackwater, Truro, Truro (TR4 8HB). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in May 2015. Across 2003–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £574,000 is 47.2% above the 2015 sale price.