# 3 bedroom terraced house for sale (TR11 5DZ) ## Property Details | Key | Value | |-----|-------| | Address | 1 BAY VIEW TERRACE, FALMOUTH, BUDOCK WATER, CORNWALL TR11 5DZ | | Price | £440,000 | | Bedrooms | 3 | | Bathrooms | 2 | | Council tax | C | | Construction age | England and Wales: 1930-1949 | | Floor area | 103 m² | | Last sold | £430,000 Mar 2025 | ## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost - **Current rating:** D - **Potential rating:** B - **Expiry date:** 12/01/2035 - **Current heating cost:** £931/year - **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £23,000 ### Recommendations - Q (£4,000 - £14,000) - W1 (£800 - £1,200) - W2 (£4,000 - £6,000) - G (£350 - £450) - I (£2,200 - £3,000) - N (£4,000 - £6,000) [View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/4500-8874-0022-8492-3953) ## Description **THE PROPERTY** Frog Cottage is one of the nicest homes of its type that we have seen or sold for a long time. We understand the cottages at Bay View Terrace were built in the 1930s for those working at prominent Falmouth gardens, such as Fox Rosehill. The Cottage has been a much loved home for our client who has lived here for over forty years. In that time, the cottage has been substantially expanded and improved to create the property we see today. But it is the combination of home, its garden, surroundings and accessibility that make Frog Cottage so very special. The accommodation is nicely proportioned providing three bedrooms and bath/shower room upstairs. The main bedroom measures a healthy 15’ x 10’ with lovely valley views towards the coast. Downstairs is a sitting room and separate dining area leading out into the conservatory. Beside the fitted kitchen with Rayburn, is a ‘sunroom’ and a cloakroom/WC. An array of solar panels lie on the Southern side of the cottage, providing a valuable resource. The oil-fired Rayburn fuels radiator central heating and hot water supply whilst providing a cooking facility and background warmth. The surroundings and garden are a particularly appealing feature, where to the front, the cottage is set nicely back and screened from Trewen Road with a long driveway providing plenty of parking space, leading to a car port. The delightful rear garden adjoins a field and measures a remarkable 100’ plus deep where everything is established, enclosed, peaceful and private. This glorious space faces West to enjoy afternoon and evening summer sunshine, with areas of lawn and a large terrace, accessible from the conservatory and sunroom. Within the garden is a versatile 17’ x 13’ block built studio/workshop, or what have you, benefitting from excellent levels of natural light. You will tell, that we like this one! It is a rarity and we wholeheartedly recommend you come and view, before it’s too late! **THE LOCATION** Frog Cottage is set along Bay View Terrace on the edge of Budock Water, a relatively level and easy five minute walk to the village centre, its excellent shop and popular Trelowarren Arms pub. This charming cottage enjoys a special position adjoining countryside to the side and rear and with lovely rolling valley and wooded views at the front. The Cottage lies en route to Mawnan smith and the Helford River, about 2 and 4 miles away respectively, whilst Falmouth harbour town is just 2.5 miles. Budock Water has a population of about 1200 with an active community and good everyday facilities which include the pub, CJ's Sanctuary restaurant, a wonderful 13th Century Anglican church, the shop, numerous clubs, societies and a bus service. There is a lovely walk from the cottage, about thirty minutes away, across countryside to Maenporth beach and the southwest coastal path. Falmouth town and its harbourside has an eclectic mixture of national shops and independents, together with galleries showcasing local arts and crafts, as well as great places to eat and drink. Falmouth's seafront, is on the town's southern side, with sandy beaches, Henry VIII's Pendennis Castle and access to incredible walks and scenery along the Southwest Coastal Path. Train stations (Falmouth Town and Penmere Halt) provide a convenient link to the mainline at Truro for Exeter and London, Paddington. There are five primary schools and one secondary school in the town and highly regarded independent preparatory and senior schools in Truro. Falmouth boasts the third largest natural harbour in the world and is renowned for its maritime facilities which offer some of the best boating and sailing opportunities in the country; little wonder the town is consistently ranked as one of the top five places to live in the UK. EPC Rating: D**ACCOMMODATION IN DETAIL** (ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE APPROXIMATE) UPVC panel effect and lead double glazed door into..... **ENTRANCE PORCH** UPVC double glazed windows to front and side, overlooking the driveway and garden towards woods and countryside. Obscure UPVC double glazed door and side pane to... **HALLWAY** Stairs and rail to first floor. Radiator. Multipane door to... **SITTING ROOM** 14' 10" (4.52m) reducing to 11' 2" (3.4m) x 10' 10" (3.3m) plus shelved under stair recess. UPVC double glazed window to front with pleasing outlook. Open fireplace, shelved recesses to side. Painted wooden panelled ceiling. Radiator. Multipane door to kitchen. Wide archway, open plan into.... **DINING ROOM** (3.12m x 3.4m) Interconnecting with the kitchen. Radiator. Painted panelled ceiling. Multipane French doors into... **CONSERVATORY** (3.15m x 3.3m) A super room accessing and overlooking the rear garden with base wall faced in brick, UPVC double glazed corner windows and a panel and double glazed door. Monopitch polycarbonate and spotlit ceiling. **KITCHEN** 14' 2" (4.32m) reducing to 11' (3.35m) x 7' 3" (2.21m) UPVC double glazed window overlooking the rear terrace and garden. Wide opening through to the dining room with glazed cabinets opening back and front into both rooms. Distinctive red oil-fired Rayburn Range cooker, installed in 2016 and providing hot water supply and radiator central heating, and cooking facilities. Five burner propane gas fired hob. Cream fitted kitchen with base and eye level cupboards and drawers and eye level cabinets. Roll top work surfaces and inset one and a half bowl stainless steel sink and drainer with shower mixer tap. Ceramic wall tiling. Space for fridge/freezer and microwave. Integrated fridge/freezer. Ceiling spotlights. Electric meter and tripping switches. **LARDER CUPBOARD** Shelving, coat hooks. **SUN ROOM** (2.69m x 3.05m) A charming room with arched window and a UPVC double glazed door looking into and accessing the rear garden. Partially glazed apex ceiling. Terracotta tile floor. Base cupboards and space for an under worktop fridge. Triple pendant lamps. Panelled door through to...... **INNER LOBBY** ceramic tile floor. Obscure glazed and panelled door to the carport and front of the property. White panelled door to... **CLOAKROOM/WC & UTILITY** (1.52m x 1.96m) Button flush WC, hand basin with cupboard beneath. Space and plumbing for washing machine. Eye level cupboards. **FIRST FLOOR** Stairs and rail to.... **LANDING** Branching left through an archway, with high level double glazed window, to shelved airing cupboard (with insulated hot water tank and immersion) and wooden door to the bathroom, and to the right, with doors to the three bedrooms. **BATHROOM** 8' (2.44m) x 8' (2.44m) reducing to 5' 6" (1.68m) plus arched recess and window with pleasing open wooded and countryside views to the front. Obscure UPVC double glazed window to rear. Modern four piece white suite comprising shower end bath, 'Mira' shower and curved screen over. 'His & Hers' circular porcelain sinks with countertop and cupboards beneath. Dual flush WC. Radiator and heated towel rail. Majority ceramic wall tiling. Twin mirrors. Ceiling spotlights. **BEDROOM ONE** (3.3m x 4.67m) UPVC double glazed front facing window with a lovely, elevated outlook over the front garden and Budock valley with rolling countryside and wooded views to Falmouth Bay and Pendennis Castle as well as the Roseland Peninsula in the distance. Twin Louvre doors into a deep wardrobe and cupboard space with shelves and hanging rails. Radiator. Picture rail. **BEDROOM TWO** (2.59m x 3.4m) UPVC double glazed window to rear, overlooking the garden and adjacent field. Two built-in double louvre door wardrobes and overlockers. Shelved recess. Radiator. Picture rail. **BEDROOM THREE** (2.39m x 2.44m) Lovely outlook via UPVC double glazed window to rear overlooking the garden and adjacent field. Radiator. Picture rail. **Front Garden** Frog Cottage is nicely set back from the road by an initial 30' (9.14m) long tarmac driveway, lawned to sides. Granite front wall and posts with 9' 3" (2.82m) wide access onto a tarmac driveway 50' (15.24m) plus long, with parking space for several cars, and a turning space, leading to the car port. All so nicely established and enclosed by timber fencing and dense Lonicera hedging. A mature strawberry tree, camellia and holly with granite faced shrub and spring flowering bulb beds. By the house is a tucked in paved terrace with raised bed and climbing clematis beside. **Rear Garden** The West facing rear garden and its surroundings are a glorious feature of Frog Cottage. It measures over 100' (30.48m) deep and about 30' (9.14m) wide, affords remarkable privacy with its high dense Lornicera hedge, area of lawn with several established fruit trees and an established fig tree at the garden's end where a seat provides wonderful outlook over ones' garden with distant sea views. Two rhododendrons , circular terrace and azalea. A large (about 18' x 18' (5.49m x 5.49m)) sheltered terrace lies beside the property with Jasmine clad pergola, circular pond, rose arch and pathway to the garden's end. Conifer, heather, rockery and lovely dwarf acer. Outside tap. Oil tank hidden to side. Water butts. STUDIO/WORKSHOP 17' 7" x 13' (5.36m x 3.96m) Block built, windows to three side flooding in light. Workbench. Storage. 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Data from Land Registry Price Paid.* | Address | Price | Date | Type | |---------|-------|------|------| | 1 BAY VIEW TERRACE, BUDOCK WATER, FALMOUTH, CORNWALL, TR11 5DZ | £430,000 | 31/03/2025 | Terraced | ## Price vs local average *Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).* - **Local average:** £381,518 (33 Terraced, TR11, 2024–2026) - **Deviation:** +15.3% ## Rental Range *ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Cornwall). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.* - **Low:** £902/mo - **Realistic:** £1,002/mo - **Optimistic:** £1,102/mo ## Rental Comparables *Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.* | Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on | |------|------|------|------|------| | 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Penwarne Road, TR11 | £2,030/mo | 3 | 0.99 miles | OpenRent | | 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Penwarne Road, TR11 | £2,030/mo | 3 | 0.99 miles | OpenRent | | 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Penwarne Road, TR11 | £2,030/mo | 3 | 0.99 miles | OpenRent | **Average rent: £2,030/mo (3 listings)** ## 1% Rule - **Rent ratio:** 0.46% (weak for cashflow) - **Max investor price (0.8%):** £253,750 - **Target investor price (1%):** £203,000 *Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.* ## Rent-driven metrics *Based on OpenRent comparables (median £2,030/mo).* - **Gross yield:** 5.5% - **Cost-to-rent:** 18.1× - **Monthly cashflow:** £69/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term) - **Cash-on-cash ROI:** 0.7% *Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).* ## Price per Square Metre - **£/m²:** £4,272/m² ## Capital growth trend *Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.* - **5y growth:** 36.3% - **10y growth:** 43% ## House Price Index (HM Land Registry) *Official index for Cornwall; Terraced series; as of March 2026.* - **1y growth (index):** -2.2% - **5y growth (index):** 10.5% - **10y growth (index):** 36.8% ## Flood risk - **Zone:** 1 - **Risk:** Low - **Source:** Job (default Low) [Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)