Southview Farm, The Green, Houghton, Carlisle, CA3 0LN

Southview Farm is a detached house in Houghton, Carlisle, Carlisle (CA3 0LN). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1445 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2008) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £389,000 sits 238.3% above the 1998 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 21.7% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.