Gardeners Cottage, Lynn Road, Littleport, Ely, CB7 4TD

Gardeners Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Littleport, Ely, Ely (CB7 4TD). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 13 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. Across 2009–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 125.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2023 at £390,000.