The Engine House, Crowle Bank Road, Althorpe, Scunthorpe, DN17 3HZ

The Engine House is a detached house in Althorpe, Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe (DN17 3HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £213,000 is 21.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£267/sq ft) was about 75.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.