8 Dovecote Close, Peterborough, PE1 3TQ

8 Dovecote Close is a semi-detached house in Peterborough (PE1 3TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in March 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £161,000 sits 335.1% above the 1995 sale of £37,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm.