Quaint Cottage, Greenbottom, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8QJ

Quaint Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Chacewater, Truro, Truro (TR4 8QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 is 34.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 35.3% below the postcode norm.