Townsend House, Middle Drove, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JT

Townsend House is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Marshland St. James, Wisbech, Wisbech (PE14 8JT). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since December 2001, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at -9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 sits 2354.5% above the 2001 sale of £11,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£8/sq ft) was about 95% below the postcode norm.