The Lodge, Sutton Road, Huttoft, Alford, LN13 9RG

The Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Huttoft, Alford, Alford (LN13 9RG). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£178/sq ft) was about 70.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £341,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.