Craiglea, Gunby Road, Orby, Skegness, PE24 5HT

Craiglea is a three-bedroom detached house in Orby, Skegness, Skegness (PE24 5HT). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£275/sq ft) was about 148.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £225,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.