Porth Valley Cottage, Trevelgue, Newquay, TR8 4AT

Porth Valley Cottage is a detached house in Trevelgue, Newquay, Newquay (TR8 4AT). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £358,000 sits 70.5% above the 2004 sale of £210,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.