5 Higher East Street, St Columb, TR9 6RJ

5 Higher East Street is a semi-detached house in St Columb (TR9 6RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–165 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in February 2018 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 51.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 is 57.4% below the 2022 sale of £270,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£627/sq ft) was about 262.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £270,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.