White Cottage, St Erme, Truro, TR4 9BW

White Cottage is a detached house in St. Erme, Truro, Truro (TR4 9BW). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £492,000 is 31.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2019 at £375,000.