Michaelmas Cottage, Main Street, Apethorpe, Peterborough, PE8 5DL

Michaelmas Cottage is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Apethorpe, Peterborough, Peterborough (PE8 5DL). It has a recorded floor area of 247 m² (around 2659 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and a basement.

At 247 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 42.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £800,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.