Portland Cottage, Thames Street, Hogsthorpe, Skegness, PE24 5PR

Portland Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hogsthorpe, Skegness, Skegness (PE24 5PR). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 776 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 sits 100% above the 2005 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 31.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 72 m² it's 28.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 13 EPCs).