8a, Albion Road, Grantham, NG31 8BJ

8a is an end-of-terrace house in Grantham (NG31 8BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 34 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (34–133 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 7 units on file. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 is 17.6% below the 2022 sale of £148,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£404/sq ft) was about 296.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £148,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.