Bottom Flat, 6 Dolphin Street, Cleethorpes, DN35 8NE

Bottom Flat is a mid-terrace house in Cleethorpes (DN35 8NE). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in September 1997. 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 £110,000 sits 411.6% above the 1997 sale of £21,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 53.1% below the postcode norm. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.