Gardeners Cottage, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, PE24 4AW
About Gardeners Cottage
Gardeners Cottage is a detached house in Croft, Skegness, Skegness (PE24 4AW). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a G (score 6), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Held since March 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £192,000 sits 115.7% above the 2001 sale of £89,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 21.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Gardeners Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2013OutlineIn report
Environmental Impact Assessment (E.E.C. Directive 85/337/E.E.C. as amended by Council Directive 97/11E.C.) for a screening opinion with respect to the erection of 1no. 10kw wind turbine and associated switch gear.
- Agent
- Prowind UK Ltd,
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- S/039/02206/13
What's in Gardeners Cottage, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, PE24 4AW's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
£192,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£89,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 March 2001Most recent
£89,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE24 4AW: £240,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in PE24 4AW
Glaridia, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, PE24 4AW
Sold Mar 2024
£230,500Premnay, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, PE24 4AW
Sold Sept 2021
£240,000Agrinsect House, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, PE24 4AW
Sold Sept 2021
£330,000Bamborough House, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, PE24 4AW
Sold Jun 2018
£244,0008 Council House, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, PE24 4AW
Sold May 2017
£90,000
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Versus other Croft Bank homes
Price per m² for Gardeners Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,023
Street avg £1,896
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Council Houses — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB