Lightowler Cottage, The Square, North Thoresby, Grimsby, DN36 5QL

Lightowler Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in North Thoresby, Grimsby, Grimsby (DN36 5QL). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since September 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £388,000 sits 68.7% above the 2004 sale of £230,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 136 m² it's 24.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).