Marshland Villa Farmhouse, School Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JR

Marshland Villa Farmhouse is a three-bedroom detached house in Marshland St. James, Wisbech, Wisbech (PE14 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

It hasn't traded since May 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (120 m² across 5 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 1997–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 153.4% above the 2002 sale of £119,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 62.5% below the postcode norm.