Rambler Cottage, Shore Road, Garthorpe, Scunthorpe, DN17 4AD

Rambler Cottage is a semi-detached house in Garthorpe, Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe (DN17 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 1996, a hold of 30 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. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 sits 380% above the 1996 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£33/sq ft) was about 76.6% below the postcode norm. At 99 m² it's 22.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (128 m² median across 17 EPCs).