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Get started1 Lime Close is a detached house in Old Leake, Boston, Boston (PE22 9LL). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2022 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since September 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Boston HPI: 8.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £167,000 sits 57.5% above the 2003 sale of £106,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 61.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Lime Close saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£167,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 7 years.
£106,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 7 years.
Years Held for 1 Lime Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,767
Street avg £1,761
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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26 September 2003Most recent
£106,000
+96.3%over 6 years7 January 1997
£54,000
-9.9%30 August 1996
£59,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE22 9LL: £160,000 (2022–2011).
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Demand Responsive Area — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Old Leake Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB
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