1 Hopscotch Cottages, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BJ
About 1 Hopscotch Cottages
1 Hopscotch Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St. Erme, Truro, Truro (TR4 9BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in January 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £366,000 is 40.4% above the 2015 sale price.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
1 Hopscotch Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Hopscotch Cottages has an approved side extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Proposed side extension sites: 300018,
- Agent
- James Morford Architectural Se
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- C1/PA30/1509/09/R
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Hopscotch Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£366,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.2% per year over 18 years.
£260,750
Growth on file: 10.2% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
22 January 2015Most recent
£260,750
+460.8%over 17 years6 May 1997
£46,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 9BJ: £230,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in TR4 9BJ
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
On floor area, 1 Hopscotch Cottages stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,021
Street avg £2,605
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Polisken Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Erme with Trispen Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB