140 High Street, Peterborough, PE2 8DP

140 High Street is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Peterborough (PE2 8DP). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in November 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since April 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 15 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £185,000 is 37% above the 2007 sale price.