Tag Cottage, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BJ
About Tag Cottage
Tag Cottage is a detached house in St. Erme, Truro, Truro (TR4 9BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £390,000 in September 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 87.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Tag Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 May 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at Tag Cottage.
- Apr 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Proposed two storey extension to side of existing property
- Agent
- Richard Tosic
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- PA14/02260
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Tag Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£418,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 22 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
23 September 2021Most recent
£390,000
+34.5%over 5 years11 January 2016
£290,000
+26.1%over 11 years24 August 2004
£230,000
+194.9%over 4 years19 October 1999
£78,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 9BJ: £205,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in TR4 9BJ
3 Church Close, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BJ
Sold Nov 2023
£100,0001 The Schoolhouse, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BJ
Sold May 2022
£375,000Trezel, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BJ
Sold Jan 2022
£205,0001 Hopscotch Cottages, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BJ
Sold Jan 2015
£260,7502 Hopscotch Cottages, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BJ
Sold Aug 2012
£155,000
Everything we know about Tag Cottage, in one report
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
Habitable Rooms for Tag Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,120
Street avg £2,331
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB