The Old Forge, Bridge Road, Goonhavern, Truro, TR4 9PY
About The Old Forge
The Old Forge is a detached house in Goonhavern, Truro, Truro (TR4 9PY). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 is 30.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 138.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Old Forge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2026PorchFullIn report
Change of use of dwelling and car sales forecourt into cafe with parking and erection of porch
- Agent
- Architectural Services - Miss Jones
Extension- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- PA25/06388
- Jan 2017New BuildFullIn report
To demolish the single storey building and erect three dwellings and associated works.
- Agent
- PDF Architectural Services
- Documents
- 27 docs on file
- Reference
- PA16/06182
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£419,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 9PY: £176,000 (2025–1999).
Everything we know about The Old Forge, 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 other Bridge Road homes
The Old Forge outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,019
Street avg £2,278
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
Newquay Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Goonhavern Primary School. 2 schools 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
49.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB