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4 sales on record
About Grooms Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Grooms Cottage is a semi-detached house in Stickney, Boston, Boston (PE22 8HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Boston HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 141.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £200,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Grooms Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E41
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Grooms Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£199,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 12 years.
Last sold (2022)
£200,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Midville homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, Grooms Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 91 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Boston district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE22 8HQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 11 points of interest in total.
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