Lantern Cottage, West End, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LR

Lantern Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Chacewater, Truro, Truro (TR4 8LR). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (133 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2011–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 is 30.9% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 405.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (August 2017).