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Get started8 Lime Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Old Leake, Boston, Boston (PE22 9LL). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
It hasn't traded since May 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Boston HPI: 17.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 64.2% above the 2004 sale of £137,000. At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 6 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.
8 Lime Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
8 Lime Close changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£225,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 17.5% per year over 3 years.
£137,000
Growth on file: 17.5% per year over 3 years.
8 Lime Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,161
Street avg £1,882
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 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 controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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28 May 2004Most recent
£137,000
+20.2%over 1 year23 December 2002
£114,000
+26.7%over 1 year19 October 2001
£89,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE22 9LL: £160,000 (2022–2011).
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
PE22 9LU
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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