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Get started71 Thorpe Lea Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Peterborough (PE3 6BX). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2025) returns an A (score 98), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in May 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £323,000 is 12.9% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 75.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (115 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sold October 2023 for £286,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
71 Thorpe Lea Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
71 Thorpe Lea Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£323,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 24 years.
£286,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 24 years.
On epc rating, 71 Thorpe Lea Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,086
Street avg £2,580
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Peterborough (Nene Valley Railway) — subway entrance.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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20 October 2023Most recent
£286,000
+15.3%over 4 years15 July 2019
£248,000
+175.6%over 13 years23 May 2006
£90,000
-18.2%over 3 years2 August 2002
£109,995
+45.7%over 3 years7 June 1999
£75,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE3 6BX: £450,000 (2025–2021).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
PE3 6LH
Closest school
0.7 km
St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior School. 34 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB
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