5 Bear Lane, Pinchbeck, Spalding, PE11 3XA

5 Bear Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Pinchbeck, Spalding, Spalding (PE11 3XA). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1022 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 21). The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings, attached land beyond the plot and a loft.

Held since December 2008 — that's 17 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. At 95 m² it's 27% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (130 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £244,000 is 34.1% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£178/sq ft) was about 21.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.