3 Baysdale Grove, Grantham, NG31 8QZ

3 Baysdale Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Grantham (NG31 8QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £206,000 is 39.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 100.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs).