Apple Crumble Castle, Quadring Road, Gosberton, Spalding, PE11 4NB

Apple Crumble Castle is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Gosberton, Spalding, Spalding (PE11 4NB). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1946 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 42). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 21% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £277,000 is 22% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 16.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.