Waves, Apartment 5, Watergate Bay, Newquay, TR8 4AY

Waves is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Watergate Bay, Newquay, Newquay (TR8 4AY). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2003-2006. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views. At 58 m² this is the 25th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in Waves, where floor areas span 36–86 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 58 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 32 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£769/sq ft) was about 54.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £480,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.