1 Leige Cottage, Basin Road, Outwell, Wisbech, PE14 8TQ
About 1 Leige Cottage
1 Leige Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Outwell, Wisbech, Wisbech (PE14 8TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 39.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2023 for £220,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
1 Leige Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Leige Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Householder: Proposed garden room extension
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01314/F
- Oct 2025OutlineIn report
LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE- Stationing of a mobile home for use ancillary to the main dwelling house within the curtilage of a dwelling house
- Documents
- 39 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01257/LDP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Leige Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£219,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 25 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
24 March 2023Most recent
£220,000
+566.7%over 25 years20 February 1998
£33,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE14 8TQ: £270,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in PE14 8TQ
Marcol, Basin Road, Outwell, Wisbech, PE14 8TQ
Sold Nov 2023
£220,000Birdbeck Cottage, Basin Road, Outwell, Wisbech, PE14 8TQ
Sold May 2021
£270,000Saxon House, Basin Road, Outwell, Wisbech, PE14 8TQ
Sold Feb 2021
£310,000Pandora, Basin Road, Outwell, Wisbech, PE14 8TQ
Sold Sept 2020
£295,000Canal View, Basin Road, Outwell, Wisbech, PE14 8TQ
Sold Jun 2019
£252,500
Everything we know about 1 Leige 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 Basin Road homes
Price per m² for 1 Leige Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,895
Street avg £2,120
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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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
1.3 km
Beaupre Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB