What type of property is Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ?

Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ sell for?

Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ last sold for £350,000 in September 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £96,000 in July 1998. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ changed over time?

Across 3 sales between July 1998 and September 2022, Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ rose from £96,000 to £350,000, a change of £254,000. That works out to roughly +5.5% per year compounded over 24 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ?

The current EPC rating for Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ is F with a score of 35 out of 100, lodged in March 2021. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ?

Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (2,024 sq ft), around 47 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 37% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in PE12 0BJ. Source: EPC Register.

How is Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ heated?

The latest EPC at Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ?

Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ is in council tax band B. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Where is Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ located?

Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ sits in Gedney, Spalding, Spalding. It falls within the PE12 postcode district in Lincolnshire.

Is Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ in a safe area?

Police records around Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 10 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 26% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ?

The closest primary school to Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ is Gedney Church End Primary Academy (727m), one of 4 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is University Academy Long Sutton (2.7km).

How well connected is Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ?

The closest bus stop to Old Post Office, Chapelgate, PE12 0BJ is Victory Hall, 130m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Old Post Office, Chapelgate, Gedney, Spalding, PE12 0BJ

3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

188 m²

2024 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 35

Council tax

Band B

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Old Post Office

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Old Post Office is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Gedney, Spalding, Spalding (PE12 0BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 45.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £350,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms3
Dining roomYes

Building

Period featuresYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Old Post Office's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

F35

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

12.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC FPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)Solid (non-cavity) walls

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Old Post Office, Chapelgate, Gedney, Spalding, PE12 0BJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Old Post Office has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Old Post Office has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.

Current estimate

£345,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 24 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£350,000

Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 24 years.

Sales timeline

1 September 2022Most recent
£350,000
+118.8%over 21 years
2 July 2001
£160,000
+66.7%over 2 years
16 July 1998
£96,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PE12 0BJ: £227,500 (2024–2018).

Nearby sales in PE12 0BJ

On the street

Versus other Chapelgate homes

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

CO₂ Emissions for Old Post Office lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,862

Street avg £1,399

On par

Floor Area

188 m²

Street avg 185 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

12.0 t/year

Street avg 10.1 t/year

Strongly below

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Area

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Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Victory Hall — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

Gedney Church End Primary Academy. 5 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE12 0BJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

52.4dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for PE12 0BJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

44.6dB

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FAQ

Common questions

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