Poppy Cottage, Gosberton Bank, Gosberton, Spalding, PE11 4PB

Poppy Cottage is a semi-detached house in Gosberton, Spalding, Spalding (PE11 4PB). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 sits 394.4% above the 1996 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£41/sq ft) was about 67.1% below the postcode norm. At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (137 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.