289a, Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, DN16 2RY

289a is an end-of-terrace house in Scunthorpe (DN16 2RY). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 85 m² this is the 8th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–132 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 12 units on file. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71).

Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 is 15% below the 2021 sale of £187,000, 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 (£204/sq ft) was about 220% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 85 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £187,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.