Laburnum Cottage, Thames Street, Hogsthorpe, Skegness, PE24 5QA

Laburnum Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hogsthorpe, Skegness, Skegness (PE24 5QA). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since January 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 £115,000 sits 206.7% above the 2001 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 56.1% below the postcode norm.