13 Bousteads Grassing, Carlisle, CA2 5LQ

13 Bousteads Grassing is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Carlisle (CA2 5LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Held since April 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 70 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 21 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 is 43.8% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£106/sq ft) was about 33.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.