Horseshoe Cottage, Basin Road, Outwell, Wisbech, PE14 8TH

Horseshoe Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Outwell, Wisbech, Wisbech (PE14 8TH). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 164.7% above the 2006 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 60.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused.