5 Beech Lane, Eye, Peterborough, PE6 7YG

5 Beech Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Eye, Peterborough, Peterborough (PE6 7YG). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (40–109 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 is 14% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 53.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £100,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.