7 Merbein Cottages, Tregurrian, Newquay, TR8 4AD
About 7 Merbein Cottages
7 Merbein Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Tregurrian, Newquay, Newquay (TR8 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 64), 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 lpg. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since July 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £303,000 sits 405% above the 1998 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 84.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 101 m² it's 15.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 26 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Merbein Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Sept 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Double storey extension to the rear of the property.
- Council
- D4/44
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- PA11/05963
- Mar 2004ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey UPVC conservatory
- Council
- D4/44
Extension- Reference
- C2/04/00044
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Sales history & valuation
7 Merbein Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£303,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£60,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 July 1998Most recent
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR8 4AD: £710,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in TR8 4AD
2 The White House, Tregurrian, Newquay, TR8 4AD
Sold Jun 2023
£995,0002 Merbein Cottages, Tregurrian, Newquay, TR8 4AD
Sold Nov 2022
£395,000Merbein Farm, The Farmhouse, Tregurrian, Newquay, TR8 4AD
Sold Oct 2022
£710,0001 The Hedgerows, Tregurrian, Newquay, TR8 4AD
Sold May 2021
£125,0003 The White House, Tregurrian, Newquay, TR8 4AD
Sold Jan 2020
£740,000
Versus the street
Price per m² for 7 Merbein Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£594
Street avg £2,413
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Post Box — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB







