Rose Cottage, Sunny Corner, Cusgarne, Truro, TR4 8SE

Rose Cottage is a detached house in Cusgarne, Truro, Truro (TR4 8SE). It has a recorded floor area of 21 m² (around 226 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 21 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 is 30.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,416/sq ft) was about 1616.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (January 2016).