7 Porth Valley Cottages, Trevelgue, Newquay, TR8 4AT

7 Porth Valley Cottages is a two-bedroom detached house in Trevelgue, Newquay, Newquay (TR8 4AT). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Last sale on file: £265,000 in October 2022. 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. At 47 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 21 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£524/sq ft) was about 143.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.