Holly Cottage, Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE14 0BQ
About Holly Cottage
Holly Cottage is a detached house in Elm, Wisbech, Wisbech (PE14 0BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft). The latest certificate (March 2017) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).
At 97 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 45.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £235,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Holly Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£253,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£235,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE14 0BQ: £270,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in PE14 0BQ
The Wootton, Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE14 0BQ
Sold May 2023
£375,000Chestnut House, Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE14 0BQ
Sold May 2019
£218,000The Hawthorns, Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE14 0BQ
Sold Mar 2019
£270,000Fern Cottage, Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE14 0BQ
Sold Oct 2014
£167,000Brookfield, Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE14 0BQ
Sold Aug 2006
£70,000
Everything we know about Holly Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Begdale Road homes
Price per m² for Holly Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,423
Street avg £1,999
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 157 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 7 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
Elm CofE Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB