2 Blacksmiths Cottages, High Street, Hogsthorpe, Skegness, PE24 5PP

2 Blacksmiths Cottages is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Hogsthorpe, Skegness, Skegness (PE24 5PP). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 is 29.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£118/sq ft) was about 43.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £84,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.