Melford, Goonvrea Road, St Agnes, TR5 0NH

Melford is a detached house in St Agnes (TR5 0NH). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in September 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £422,000 sits 462.7% above the 1999 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 66.5% below the postcode norm. At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).